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Activities of Karsten LUCKE

Plenary speeches (22)

EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine (continuation of debate)
2022/02/16
Political crisis in Burkina Faso
2022/02/17
Dossiers: 2022/2542(RSP)
Threats to stability, security and democracy in Western and Sahelian Africa (debate)
2022/05/04
Dossiers: 2022/2650(RSP)
The situation in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province
2022/07/06
The situation in Burkina Faso following the coup d'état (debate)
2022/10/04
The EU’s strategic relationship and partnership with the Horn of Africa (debate)
2022/10/04
Dossiers: 2021/2206(INI)
The Media freedom crackdown in Myanmar, notably the cases of Htet Htet Khine, Sithu Aung Myint and Nyein Nyein Aye
2022/10/05
COVID-19 – Sustaining EU preparedness and response: looking ahead (debate)
2022/10/06
Dossiers: 2022/2735(RSP)
Global food security as follow-up to the G20 Agriculture Ministers meeting (debate)
2022/10/19
The Human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women´s rights and attacks against educational institutions
2022/11/23
Dossiers: 2022/2955(RSP)
Tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate)
2023/02/14
Policy Coherence for Development (short presentation)
2023/03/13
Dossiers: 2021/2164(INI)
Cambodia: the case of opposition leader Kem Sokha
2023/03/15
EU Global Health Strategy (debate)
2023/04/19
Universal decriminalization of homosexuality, in light of recent developments in Uganda (debate)
2023/04/19
The crackdown on the right to education and education rights activists in Afghanistan, including the case of Matiullah Wesa
2023/04/19
Dossiers: 2023/2648(RSP)
COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future (debate)
2023/07/11
Dossiers: 2022/2076(INI)
Crackdown on the media and freedom of expression in Kyrgyzstan
2023/07/12
Uzbekistan (debate)
2023/10/03
Dossiers: 2022/2195(INI)
The Maasai Communities in Tanzania
2023/12/13
Tajikistan: state repression against the independent media
2024/01/17
Dossiers: 2024/2506(RSP)
Recent attacks on Christmas Eve in Plateau State in Nigeria
2024/02/07
Dossiers: 2024/2552(RSP)

Reports (1)

REPORT on the EU strategy on Central Asia
2023/12/06
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2023/2106(INI)
Documents: PDF(198 KB) DOC(72 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Karsten LUCKE', 'mepid': 228286}]

Shadow reports (4)

REPORT on Policy Coherence for Development
2023/02/01
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2021/2164(INI)
Documents: PDF(182 KB) DOC(59 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Janina OCHOJSKA', 'mepid': 197542}]
REPORT on Uzbekistan
2023/07/03
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2022/2195(INI)
Documents: PDF(221 KB) DOC(82 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Ilhan KYUCHYUK', 'mepid': 124866}]
REPORT on the implementation of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe
2023/11/23
Committee: AFETDEVE
Dossiers: 2023/2029(INI)
Documents: PDF(253 KB) DOC(108 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Charles GOERENS', 'mepid': 840}, {'name': 'Tomas TOBÉ', 'mepid': 197402}, {'name': 'Michael GAHLER', 'mepid': 2341}, {'name': 'Pedro MARQUES', 'mepid': 197634}]
REPORT on EU-Japan relations
2023/11/23
Committee: AFET
Dossiers: 2023/2107(INI)
Documents: PDF(172 KB) DOC(62 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Reinhard BÜTIKOFER', 'mepid': 96739}]

Opinions (2)

OPINION on non-communicable diseases
2023/10/06
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2023/2075(INI)
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(52 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Karsten LUCKE', 'mepid': 228286}]
OPINION on the implementation of the EU-Southern African Development Community (SADC) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
2023/11/29
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2023/2065(INI)
Documents: PDF(124 KB) DOC(46 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Karsten LUCKE', 'mepid': 228286}]

Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on the objective of ensuring food security and the long-term resilience of EU agriculture
2023/03/08
Committee: DEVE
Dossiers: 2022/2183(INI)
Documents: PDF(150 KB) DOC(80 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Stéphane BIJOUX', 'mepid': 197551}]

Institutional motions (23)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Xinjiang, including the Xinjiang police files
2022/06/07
Dossiers: 2022/2700(RSP)
Documents: PDF(161 KB) DOC(53 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Xinjiang, including the Xinjiang police files
2022/06/08
Dossiers: 2022/2700(RSP)
Documents: PDF(169 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province
2022/07/04
Dossiers: 2022/2753(RSP)
Documents: PDF(168 KB) DOC(45 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province
2022/07/06
Dossiers: 2022/2753(RSP)
Documents: PDF(156 KB) DOC(53 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the media freedom crackdown in Myanmar, notably the cases of Htet Htet Khine, Sithu Aung Myint and Nyein Nyein Aye
2022/10/03
Dossiers: 2022/2857(RSP)
Documents: PDF(148 KB) DOC(47 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Media freedom crackdown in Myanmar, notably the cases of Htet Htet Khine, Sithu Aung Myint and Nyein Nyein Aye
2022/10/05
Documents: PDF(182 KB) DOC(56 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women’s rights and attacks against educational institutions
2022/11/21
Dossiers: 2022/2955(RSP)
Documents: PDF(172 KB) DOC(51 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, especially the deterioration of women’s rights and attacks against educational institutions
2022/11/23
Documents: PDF(162 KB) DOC(52 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia: the case of opposition leader Kem Sokha
2023/03/13
Dossiers: 2023/2589(RSP)
Documents: PDF(135 KB) DOC(44 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Cambodia: the case of opposition leader Kem Sokha
2023/03/15
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(45 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality in the light of recent developments in Uganda
2023/04/18
Dossiers: 2023/2643(RSP)
Documents: PDF(175 KB) DOC(57 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality in the light of recent developments in Uganda
2023/04/19
Documents: PDF(185 KB) DOC(55 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the crackdown on the media and freedom of expression in Kyrgyzstan
2023/07/10
Dossiers: 2023/2782(RSP)
Documents: PDF(136 KB) DOC(44 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the crackdown on the media and freedom of expression in Kyrgyzstan
2023/07/12
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(44 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Bangladesh, notably the case of Odhikar
2023/09/11
Dossiers: 2023/2833(RSP)
Documents: PDF(139 KB) DOC(44 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the human rights situation in Bangladesh, notably the case of Odhikar
2023/09/13
Documents: PDF(145 KB) DOC(46 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Tanzania’s forceful displacement of the Maasai people
2023/12/11
Dossiers: 2023/3024(RSP)
Documents: PDF(131 KB) DOC(42 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Maasai Communities in Tanzania
2023/12/13
Documents: PDF(144 KB) DOC(45 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION Tajikistan: state repression against the independent media
2024/01/15
Dossiers: 2024/2506(RSP)
Documents: PDF(133 KB) DOC(43 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Tajikistan: state repression against the independent media
2024/01/17
Documents: PDF(147 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION the recent attacks on Christmas Eve in Plateau State in Nigeria
2024/02/05
Dossiers: 2024/2552(RSP)
Documents: PDF(142 KB) DOC(44 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the recent attacks on Christmas Eve in Plateau State in Nigeria
2024/02/07
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(47 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Commission Delegated Regulation of 12 March 2024 amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/126 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the rules on the ratio for the good agricultural and environmental condition (GAEC) standard 1
2024/04/17
Documents: PDF(146 KB) DOC(47 KB)

Oral questions (1)

The outcome of the European Year of Youth
2023/01/17
Documents: PDF(48 KB) DOC(10 KB)

Written explanations (3)

Role of culture, education, media and sport in the fight against racism (A9-0027/2022 - Salima Yenbou)

Der Bericht ist durchaus gelungen und ich unterstütze ihn ausdrücklich und vorbehaltlos in seiner Zielsetzung als auch hinsichtlich der meisten darin vorgeschlagenen Maßnahmen. Der in den Punkten 58 und 59 geforderte Einsatz künstlicher Intelligenz und von Algorithmen zwecks Inhalte-Filterung mit dem Ziel, Hassrede und Desinformation einzudämmen, halte ich allerdings für nicht zielführend und letztlich auch für gefährlich. Es findet in beiden Punkten keine klare Abgrenzung statt, inwieweit von illegalen oder von legalen aber schädlichen Inhalten in Bezug auf Hassrede und Desinformation die Rede ist. Darüber hinaus ist der hier vorgeschlagene, sehr weitgehende Eingriff in die verfassungsmäßig verbriefte Grundfreiheit der Meinungsäußerung mit keinerlei rechtsstaatlichen Vorbehalten oder Schutzmechanismen versehen. Die Freiheit der Rede und Meinung kann und muss manchmal eine Zumutung sein. Sie verlangt von uns, auch solche Meinungen und „Moralitäten“ gelten zu lassen, die womöglich der eigenen Werteskala widersprechen. Dabei darf eine freiheitliche und liberale Grundhaltung sicher nicht zu Ignoranz führen. Wir müssen jeder gruppenbezogenen Menschenfeindlichkeit klar widersprechen und aktiv entgegentreten. Dazu muss ich das Auftreten des Phänomens bei anderen aber klar erkennen und benennen können – auch online. In einem derart auf Kontext angewiesenen, sensiblen Bereich Meinungsäußerungen anderer algorithmen- und/oder KI-basiert letztlich zu kontrollieren trägt die Gefahr in sich, die Bandbreite der tatsächlich öffentlich geäußerten Meinungen derart zu verzerren oder zu verengen, dass eine notwendige öffentliche Auseinandersetzung mit kritikwürdigen und abzulehnenden Äußerungen gar nicht mehr möglich wäre, da wir sie als potenzielle Rezipienten gar nicht mehr sehen würden. Nur weil wir etwas nicht sehen, weil wir also technologisch in der Lage sind „die Augen zuzudrücken“, heißt dies aber nicht, dass es nicht vorhanden ist und einer Auseinandersetzung bedarf – die dann aber nicht mehr stattfindet. Selbst unterstellt, die Vorschläge wären gut gemeint, sind sie im Kampf gegen Rassismus letztlich kontraproduktiv und meines Erachtens derart gefährlich, dass ich dem Bericht in Gänze nicht zustimmen kann und mich deshalb enthalte.
2022/03/08
Recognising the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism (RC-B9-0482/2022, B9-0482/2022, B9-0483/2022, B9-0485/2022, B9-0486/2022, B9-0487/2022)

Ich habe mich enthalten, weil ich davon überzeugt bin, dass die Einstufung der Russischen Föderation „als dem Terrorismus Vorschub leistender Staat“ eine Sprache ist, die zu keinerlei neuer politischer Dynamik führt, zumal der notwendige Rechtsrahmen dazu erst geschaffen werden müsste.Die bisherigen klaren Verurteilungen der Russischen Föderation, für einen völkerrechtswidrigen Angriffskrieg sowie für Kriegsverbrechen und Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit verantwortlich zu sein, stellt eine Eindeutigkeit an internationaler Verurteilung dar, die keiner weiteren Deutung und Klarstellung bedarf. Das beinhaltet auch alle daraus zu ziehenden Konsequenzen. Die allermeisten Feststellungen und Forderungen der Entschließung, die ich uneingeschränkt teile, sind bereits wiederholt durch das Europäische Parlament eindeutig und klar ausgedrückt. Russland betreibt imperiale, nationalistische, menschenverachtende und völkerrechtswidrige Politik. Aus diesem Fokus heraus muss es konsequent behandelt werden. Drückt „dem Terrorismus Vorschub leistend“ noch größeres Verbrechen aus, als es Kriegsverbrechen, Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit und das Betreiben eines völkerrechtswidrigen Krieges jetzt schon tun? Ich glaube nicht.
2022/11/23
European historical consciousness (A9-0402/2023 - Sabine Verheyen)

Wir Sozialdemokratinnen und Sozialdemokraten haben dem heutigen Bericht zum Europäischen Geschichtsbewusstsein zugestimmt, weil er inhaltlich richtig ist. Nichtsdestotrotz hätten wir uns im Zusammenhang mit der Erinnerung an die Verbrechen des Nationalsozialismus einen differenzierteren Umgang gewünscht, anstatt ihn neben „kommunistischen totalitären Regimen“ und dem Kolonialismus zu platzieren. Wir sind davon überzeugt, dass der Nationalsozialismus direkt zum Holocaust und zum millionenfachen Mord im industriellen Ausmaß führte, der beispiellos war und sich nie wiederholen darf. NS-Verbrechen dürfen durch die Auseinandersetzung mit den Verbrechen des Kommunismus oder Stalinismus nicht relativiert werden.
2024/01/17

Written questions (6)

Application of EU public procurement law in the procurement of services to deal with emergency situations
2022/02/01
Documents: PDF(41 KB) DOC(9 KB)
Achieving environmental and climate targets under the EU Strategy for Sustainable Textiles through new binding legislation and aligned financial flows
2022/02/08
Documents: PDF(50 KB) DOC(11 KB)
EU strategy for sustainable textiles and subsequent legislation and the need to reduce the textile industry’s greenhouse gas emissions
2022/02/08
Documents: PDF(50 KB) DOC(11 KB)
Revising public procurement legislation to stop the publicly financed race to the bottom on working conditions
2022/12/16
Documents: PDF(51 KB) DOC(10 KB)
Sexualised violence in the context of Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023
2023/12/18
Documents: PDF(48 KB) DOC(11 KB)
United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
2024/02/09
Documents: PDF(40 KB) DOC(9 KB)

Amendments (448)

Amendment 4 #

2023/2183(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the implementation of the European Development Funds (EDFs) concerns countries that are facing aggravating impacts of climate change and are weakened by the consequence of the COVID pandemic, Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, as well as rising debt, generating growing inequality and increasing poverty levels; insists, therefore, that the remaining projects under the EDFs should focus on advancing the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals;
2023/12/15
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 13 #

2023/2183(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recognises the work of the Commission in ensuring the correct implementation of the EDF funds, notes that the Court of Auditors considers the EDFs’ accounts for 2022 to have been handled in accordance with applicable rules; notes with concern that the level of error in transactions, estimated by the Court of Auditors, grew from 4,6 % to 7,1 % between 2021 and 2022;
2023/12/15
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 14 #

2023/2183(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Highlights the fact that the legitimacy and effectiveness of EU development cooperation hinges on the correct implementation of activities and their proper funding; is concerned about the limited progress on the implementation of the recommendations by the Court of Auditors; calls on the Commission to further improve controls in order to decrease the amount of transactional errors and to fully implement the recommendations of the Court of Auditors;
2023/12/15
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 1 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Is alarmed about the rising number of crises worldwide and the highest-ever humanitarian funding gap; is worried that Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) - Global Europe (GE) is stretched to its limits and is not sufficient to address existing needs; calls on the Member States to ensure that the cushion is mobilised only for purposes within its intended scope;
2023/12/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 1 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Is alarmed about the rising number of crises worldwide and the highest-ever humanitarian funding gap; is worried that Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) - Global Europe (GE) is stretched to its limits and is not sufficient to address existing needs; calls on the Member States to ensure that the cushion is mobilised only for purposes within its intended scope;
2023/12/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 8 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recognises the work of the Commission in applying controls to make sure that transactions are made in a legitimate manner and that activities are implemented in accordance with the priorities set by the legislator; calls on the Commission to further improve controls in order to decrease the amount of transactional errors and to fully implement the recommendations of the Court of Auditors;
2023/12/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 8 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recognises the work of the Commission in applying controls to make sure that transactions are made in a legitimate manner and that activities are implemented in accordance with the priorities set by the legislator; calls on the Commission to further improve controls in order to decrease the amount of transactional errors and to fully implement the recommendations of the Court of Auditors;
2023/12/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 9 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Highlights the fact that the legitimacy and effectiveness of EU development cooperation hinges on the correct implementation of activities and their proper funding; calls on the Commission to redouble efforts to find eligible projects and to ensure a sufficient amount of payments under the current expenditure ceiling;
2023/12/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 9 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Highlights the fact that the legitimacy and effectiveness of EU development cooperation hinges on the correct implementation of activities and their proper funding; calls on the Commission to redouble efforts to find eligible projects and to ensure a sufficient amount of payments under the current expenditure ceiling;
2023/12/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 13 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that 2022 was the first full year of the implementation of the Global Gateway strategy; underlines that actions bringing together public and private investment must always be guided by development objectives; calls for more transparency and Parliament’s involvement in strategic choices involving Union funds; insists that Global Gateway should not only align with the EU interests but also with Agenda 2030, the Paris Agreement, the needs of partner countries and contribute to the achievement of the SDGs;
2023/12/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 13 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that 2022 was the first full year of the implementation of the Global Gateway strategy; underlines that actions bringing together public and private investment must always be guided by development objectives; calls for more transparency and Parliament’s involvement in strategic choices involving Union funds; insists that Global Gateway should not only align with the EU interests but also with Agenda 2030, the Paris Agreement, the needs of partner countries and contribute to the achievement of the SDGs;
2023/12/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 24 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Appreciates the role of local NGOs and partners in service delivery; underlines the importance of enhancing their capacity to manage and implement actions financed by the EU and invites the Commission to facilitate adequate training towards this aim; is concerned about the continued difficulties faced by small local NGOs to access Union funding; highlights the efficacy of local ownership in project implementation as concerns prioritisation, allocation of resources and building local know-how;
2023/12/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 24 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Appreciates the role of local NGOs and partners in service delivery; underlines the importance of enhancing their capacity to manage and implement actions financed by the EU and invites the Commission to facilitate adequate training towards this aim; is concerned about the continued difficulties faced by small local NGOs to access Union funding; highlights the efficacy of local ownership in project implementation as concerns prioritisation, allocation of resources and building local know-how;
2023/12/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 35 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the finding of the ECA report on the EU budget for 2022 that DG ECHO implemented ECA recommendation and established a procedure ensuring that partner organisations base their allocation of shared costs on expenditure actually incurred; urges the Commission to act upon ECA recommendations that have not been implemented.
2023/12/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 35 #

2023/2129(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the finding of the ECA report on the EU budget for 2022 that DG ECHO implemented ECA recommendation and established a procedure ensuring that partner organisations base their allocation of shared costs on expenditure actually incurred; urges the Commission to act upon ECA recommendations that have not been implemented.
2023/12/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 18 #

2023/2108(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that people in developing countries, especially indigenous and traditional communities, smallholders and other small-scale food producers, women, human rights defenders and, workers, and minorities are disproportionally affected by the human, labour and environmental rights violations committed by TNCs, which often go unpunished;
2023/09/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 30 #

2023/2108(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance that the scope of the LBI under negotiation covers all TNCs and other business enterprises of a transnational character, as established by Resolution 26/9;
2023/09/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 35 #

2023/2108(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that the right to full reparation refers to both the process of providing remedy to victims, their families or affected communities for a negative human, labour or environmental rights violation suffered and the substantive outcomes that can counteract, or make good, the negative impact of violations; highlights that reparation must be adequate, effective and prompt, and should be proportional to the gravity of the violations and the harm suffered, in all cases adapted to the specific context and condition of the rightsholder;
2023/09/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 39 #

2023/2108(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the UN Member States to ensure that the negotiations leading to the LBI are conducted in a transparent fashion, with meaningful engagement of stakeholders impacted by the treaty, including international organisations, trade unions and other workers’ representatives and civil society representatives;
2023/09/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 41 #

2023/2108(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Stresses the need to adopt a gender-sensitive approach throughout the process, as human rights violations are not gender neutral and should not be treated as such; calls on the EU and its Member States to mainstream a meaningful gender approach in their negotiating position;
2023/09/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 43 #

2023/2108(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Recalls that the promotion of decent work objectives, such as sustainable business conduct, social dialogue, freedom of association, collective bargaining and social protection, is imperative for the eradication of human rights violations;
2023/09/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 44 #

2023/2108(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)
5e. Recalls that due diligence is a key component of the UN Guiding Principles’ second pillar regarding corporate responsibility and respect for human rights; stresses that effective due diligence practices can also help strengthen access to remedy; reminds that implementation of due diligence procedures should not automatically exempt TNCs from their liability;
2023/09/25
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 4 #

2023/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
– having regard to the EU Global Health Strategy, adopted on 30 November 2022,
2023/10/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 9 #

2023/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
– having regard to Japan’s Global Health Strategy, launched in May 2022,
2023/10/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 10 #

2023/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)
– having regard to the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP), released at the 34th ASEAN Summit, held in June 2019,
2023/10/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 13 #

2023/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 28 a (new)
– having regard to the Communiqué adopted by the health ministers of the G7 summit in Nagasaki, adopted on 14 May 2023,
2023/10/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 15 #

2023/2107(INI)

– having regard to the Kunming- Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), adopted by the 15th Conference of Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 19 December 2022,
2023/10/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 27 #

2023/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas it is of paramount importance for the EU to cooperate with Japan given the Indo-Pacific’s growing economic, demographic, and political weight and its geopolitically and geo- economically strategic position; whereas both, the EU and Japan, are confronted with similar socio-economics challenges, notably with regard to the ageing of population, gender equality, competitiveness vis a vis emerging markets, real wages’ decline, and dependency on imported raw materials and energy;
2023/10/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 67 #

2023/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the fundamental role of the EU-Japan economic partnership agreement and the EU-Japan SPA in the relationship; urges the remaining three EU Member States that have not yet done so to ratify the SPA; calls for the full implementation of both agreements; welcomes the development of an increasingly dense network of bilateral dialogues, consultations, memoranda and agreements with the annual EU-Japan Summit at the centre; welcomes also ever closer relations between Japan and individual EU Member States; underlines the meaning of multilateral trade-policy network and applauds Japans for its leading role in the conclusion of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans- Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and also points to the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) and recommends the EU to seek close cooperation and, where possible, integration;
2023/10/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 75 #

2023/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Observes with interest Japan’s efforts to promote a stable architecture in the Indo-Pacific, for instance through its participation in the Quad, its engagement with Pacific island states or the recent Camp David Agreement with Korea and the US; continues to note Japan’s concerns about North Korea; intends to corecalls that the EU and Japan maintainuously cooperate with Japan in order to oppose China’s aggressive policies toward only diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China, and maintain good relations with Taiwan in many areas; highlights the support for Taiwan to be involved in specific matters in international organisations wits neighbours; shares Japan’s positiohin the framework of the One-China policy; emphasises that a change of the status quo in thate Taiwan is an important partner and a precious friend; shares, furtherStrait must only take place by peaceful means and with mutual consent; underlines the importance of a free and open Indo-Pacific, which is inclusive, prosperous and secure, as stated in the joint statement of the EU-Japan Summit on 13th of July 2023; fully shares, in this context, Japan’s high regard for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and reiterates the full support for ASEAN’s unity and centrality and to supporting the mainstreaming of ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP), contributing to the region’s stability, prosperity and sustainable development; welcomes the fact that some new vice- ministerial formats also include the EU (in groupings such as Japan/Australia/Korea/EU and Japan/Korea/US/EU); recalls the EU’s and Japan’s aim for constructive and stable relations with China, enabling a balanced, reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade and economic environment, which is based on transparency, predictability, sustainability, safe and fair business practices, and avoiding non-market policies and practices;
2023/10/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 89 #

2023/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Is grateful forStrongly appreciates the USD 7.6 billion of robust and unwavering support Japan is providing to Ukraine for its self- defence in Russia’s war of aggression; agrees with Japan that it is crucially important to promote the alignment of all international actors that support the UN principles of national sovereignty and territorial integrity against imperialist revisionism or hegemonic coercion; expresses the EU’s clear commitment to supporting efforts to uphold peace and stability in the Indo- Pacific, particularly in the South China Sea, the East China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, and to promoting a free and open Indo-Pacific, which is inclusive, prosperous and secure and supports the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP);
2023/10/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 106 #

2023/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Takes note of the shift in Japan’s national security strategy, including a budget increase to 2 per cent of GDP; welcomes at the same time Japan's efforts to stabilising diplomatic relations with China in order to reduce friction and to leave room for economic cooperation and exchange on common interests; underlines the importance of being vigilant, while at the same time promoting peace and stability and contributing to de- escalation of tensions; continues to support Japan’s engagement for a world without nuclear weapons; calls for a comprehensive security partnership between the EU and Japan as the basis for enhanced consultations, common exercises, shared defence research and development and work on joint contingency planning for dangerous crises; welcomes Member States’ 2+2 dialogue formats with Japan; welcomes NATO’s Individual Tailored Partnership Programme with Japan, but regrets the fact that the opening of a NATO liaison office in Japan has been delayed; proposes the creation of an EU/NATO/AP4 (Japan/Korea/Australia/New Zealand) security dialogue format; encourages the European External Action Service to post a military attaché in Tokyo; would welcome the negotiation of an EU-Japan Framework Participation Agreement; is critical of the fact thatwelcomes the opportunity of an effective cooperation through the Enhancing Security Cooperation In and With Asia (ESIWA) project is not very substantive; calls for enhanced maritime awareness cooperation on the basis of the Critical Maritime Routes Indian Ocean (CRIMARIO) initiative; insists onrecommends to including non-conventional security issues such disinformation, cyber, space and climate change, climate change, biodiversity loss, disaster risk reduction and response to humanitarian crises;
2023/10/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 115 #

2023/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Shares the Japanese emphasis on economic security and welcomes its support for the de-risking paradigm; takes note, in this context, of the G7 Coordination Platform on Economic coercion; points out the huge relevance of international cooperation on governance and standardization of digital services and trade in digital goods, including binding international rules, in particular with view to data security, and in order to create fair competitive opportunities; welcomes in this context the EU-Japan Digital Partnership; values the G7 Framework for Collaboration on Digital Technology Standardisation, cooperation with Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) on critical raw materials, the Industrial Policy Dialogue and the Hiroshima AI Process for responsible artificial intelligence (AI); regrets Japan’s reluctance to participate in Horizon Europe and supports the Council and the Commission in promoting this aim; believes that Japan joining Horizon Europe would be mutually beneficial, in particular with view to many common areas of research interest; underlines, that while there is a general interest for cross-border cooperation and research funding, Horizon Europe is often perceived as overly complicated; calls on the Commission to carry out consultation amongst stakeholders, including scientists and researchers on the one hand and participating third countries on the other, in order to propose a lean and more attractive version of Horizon Europe; welcomes the Communiqué that was adopted by the G7 health ministers on 13 and 14 May 2023 in Nagasaki; underlines that the document recognises the need for research into long Covid and calls for the EU and for Japan, also with view to Japan's and the EU's 2022 Global Health Strategies, to recognize post-acute infection syndromes such as long Covid, Post Vac and ME/CFS as public health crisis following infectious diseases and to collaborate on research for diagnostics and treatment;
2023/10/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 122 #

2023/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Regrets the fact that the EU-Japan Green Alliance of 2021 still remains a largely unfulfilled promise; notes that Japan has committed to releasing water from the Fukushima power plant only on the basis of scientific standards, transparency and independent supervision; calls for the EU and Japan to support independent international scientists from different disciplines, to perform long-term monitoring and research on the impact of tritium from atomic plants that is released with wastewater into the sea, on humans, animals and eco-systems; hopes for a more proactive Japanese role on loss and damage, as well as climate finance, at the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 28); in this regard, points to the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, as climate and biodiversity protection are intrinsically linked;
2023/10/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 129 #

2023/2107(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises the importance of bilateral cooperation and people-to-people contacts for sharing and comparing experiences on issues such as gender equality, an ageing society, new cultural developments or labour practises; values parliamentary exchanges and the human rights dialogue, where we can discuss the issue of death penalty; reiterates its total opposition to death penalty and regrets that it still exists in Japan; proposes the creation of an EU-Japan young leaders forum on global partnership; reiterates its concerns about parental child abduction; welcomes the Japanese government’s Guidelines on Respecting Human Rights in Responsible Supply Chains of 2022 and welcomes its efforts to adopt legislation equivalent to the EU’s corporate sustainability due diligence directive in 2024;
2023/10/06
Committee: AFET
Amendment 16 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreements (EPCAs) are new-generation agreements that are the cornerstone of the EU’s engagement with Central Asia; whereas Kazakhstan was the first Central Asian country to sign an EPCA in 2015, which came into force in 2020; whereas negotiations on the EU- Kyrgyzstan EPCA were concluded on 6 July 2019, but the agreement still has not been signed due to a legal dispute between Council and Commission; whereas negotiations on the EU-Uzbekistan EPCA were concluded on 6 July 2022; whereas at the beginning of 2023, the EU and Tajikistan have started negotiations on an EPCA; whereas a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with Turkmenistan was signed in 1998 but the Parliament has not given its consent to ratify the agreement because of its deep concern over the short-term benchmarks for Turkmenistan’s progress on human rights and fundamental freedoms;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 21 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs visited Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on 21-25 February 2022 and Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on 21-25 August 2023; whereas its Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan, EU- Uzbekistan and EU-Tajikistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees and for relations with Turkmenistan and Mongolia maintains regular inter- parliamentary relations with the Central Asian countries;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 36 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the EU and Central Asia are facing profound global and regional geopolitical shifts, which provide significant impetus for them to engage in stronger mutually beneficial cooperation; encourages the EU to intensify its engagement with Central Asia, given the geostrategic importance of the region; welcomes the increased high-level contact between the EU and Central Asia, in particular the meetings between the Central Asian heads of state and the President of the European Council, and the work of the EU Special Representative for Central Asia; welcomes that the first EU-Central Asia Summit is planned for 2024 and the intention to adopt a joint EU-Central Asia roadmap to advance dialogue and cooperation in specific areas; encourages the EU to continue promoting political and economic reforms that strengthen the rule of law, democracy, good governance and respect for human rights;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 58 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Rejects any action to facilitate or assist in any way the international recognition of the Turkish Cypriot secessionist entity in occupied Cyprus, in particular in relation to its alleged acceptance as observer in the Organisation of Turkic States; reminds that this decision goes against relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions and is contradicting the fact that several Central Asian members of this Organisation expressed strong support to the principle of territorial integrity and the UN Charter;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 73 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the importance of a positive investment climate for the economic development of Central Asia and EU-Central Asian trade and cooperation; highlights that a positive investment climate depends on stable democratic institutions, respect for human rights and the rule of law, as well as business and civil society’s capacity for due diligence application;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 78 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the EU’s role as an important donor of aid to the region; underlines the importance of taking a united approach as Team Europe, as this makes it possible to create synergies and maximise the impact of the action taken and showcases the benefits of multilateral cooperation; stresses the need to ensure the visibility of EU assistance and investment and calls for linking EU assistance and budget support to the Central Asian countries to concrete benchmarks for progress on democratic reforms, human rights protection, the rule of law and sustainable development;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 115 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)
Bilateral cooperation
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 116 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Notes that Kazakhstan is the first Central Asian country with a ratified EPCA, which provides a solid foundation for expanding cooperation in key areas of mutual interest, such as connectivity, energy efficiency, green economy and digitalisation; welcomes the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the EU on a strategic partnership on sustainable raw materials, batteries and renewable hydrogen value chains; calls on Kazakh authorities to continue implementing political and economic reforms, which should strengthen democracy, rule of law and good governance; underlines that implementation of the vision of “Just and Fair Kazakhstan” must entail ensuring respect for human rights and freedoms of expression, association and assembly and improving the electoral framework in line with OSCE/ODIHR recommendations; calls on the authorities to complete the investigation into the January 2022 events, to publish its findings and to ensure justice for victims of torture; notes the potential benefits of increased people- to-people exchanges with Kazakhstan through a visa facilitation agreement, the formal consultations on which started in May 2023;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 119 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Underlines that the upcoming signing of the EPCA and the ongoing GSP+ implementation put further emphasis on the need to ensure the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in Kyrgyzstan in line with its international commitments; observes with concern the deterioration of democratic standards and human rights in recent years, considering that Kyrgyzstan has been regarded as the most democratic country in the region with a vibrant civil society and free media; is concerned about the persecution of the political opposition, amongst others representatives of the Social Democrats party, and the negative impact of legislative initiatives that target the activities of independent media and civil society, notably the law on ‘false information’ and draft laws on ‘foreign representatives’, ‘mass media’ and ‘protecting children from harmful information’, and the increasing number of cases against human rights defenders, media workers and journalists as well as media outlets; calls on the EU to continue supporting the civil society and the independent media;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 121 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Underlines the importance of the delimitation and demarcation of disputed border areas between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to prevent further military clashes between the two countries and welcomes the steps taken by both sides in this regard; reiterates the EU’s offer to support the peaceful settlement of the conflict through technical assistance and confidence-building measures;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 122 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Notes that the start of negotiations on the EPCA agreement with Tajikistan is an opportunity to broaden the scope of bilateral cooperation and exchanges; underlines the need for continued close cooperation on security issues as Afghanistan continues to be a source of instability and security concerns due to harsh rule by the Taliban and ongoing humanitarian crisis in the country; reiterates that the legitimate fight against terrorism and violent extremism should not be used as a pretext to suppress opposition activity, hinder freedom of expression or hamper the independence of the judiciary; welcomes Tajikistan’s interest in joining GSP+, which can support sustainable economic growth and boost trade and requires effective implementation of international human and labour rights standards; calls on Tajikistan to improve the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, in particular freedom of expression, and to stop intimidating and persecuting media workers, human rights defenders, independent lawyers and civil society as well as the repression of the Pamiri minority in the GBAO;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 123 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)
13e. Notes that Turkmenistan remains the only Central Asian country without a PCA with the EU, which limits the scope for bilateral engagement; stresses that Turkmenistan needs to demonstrate the improvement of its dire democracy and human rights record in order for Parliament to reconsider its position and ratify the PCA; urges the government to decriminalise consensual sexual relations between men; notes that it should be in Turkmenistan’s interest to open up to avoid being the outlier in the region with limited options for cooperation; recognises the potential of mutually beneficial cooperation in areas such as energy, connectivity as well as trade, and welcomes Turkmenistan’s expressed interest in supplying gas to Europe by means of building a Trans-Caspian gas pipeline;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 124 #

2023/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 f (new)
13f. Notes the announced reforms in Uzbekistan aimed at achieving genuine change in the country in terms of socioeconomic development, efficient administration, a more independent judicial system and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms; stresses that the constitutional reform is an opportunity to strengthen the rule of law and to give the reforms a solid legal foundation; reiterates nevertheless its deep concern over Uzbekistan’s poor record on democracy, media freedom, human rights and the rule of law, including the brutal crackdown of the Karakalpakstan protest and restrictions of freedom of association both for NGOs and political parties and persecution of and threats against journalists, independent bloggers, content producers and human rights defenders; reminds the authorities of the importance of upholding the freedom of expression, both online and offline, the freedom of assembly, the freedom of association and the independence of the media; urges the government to decriminalise consensual sexual relations between men; welcomes the completion of negotiations on the EU- Uzbekistan EPCA and reiterates its call for a swift completion of the necessary legal and technical procedures for the signature of the EPCA; welcomes Uzbekistan’s leading role in promoting regional cooperation in various fields, including connectivity and use of water resources;
2023/10/11
Committee: AFET
Amendment 1 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A (new)
-A. having regard to Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which states, in part, that the Union must take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries,
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 1 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas non-communicable diseases, or chronic diseases, are the cause of death of 41 million people every year and account for 74 % of all deaths globally; whereas people in the Global South are disproportionally affected, and according to World Health Organization estimates, 77 % of all premature deaths from non-communicable diseases occur in low- and middle-income countries; the right to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is a fundamental human right which is in line with the provisions of Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; whereas this right is being denied to over a fifth of the world's population; whereas Article 35 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union calls for a high level of human health protection in the definition and implementation of all Union policies and activities; whereas non-communicable diseases, or chronic diseases, are the cause of death of 41 million people every year and account for 74 % of all deaths globally; whereas people in the Global South are disproportionally affected, and according to World Health Organization estimates, 77 % of all premature deaths from non-communicable diseases occur in low- and middle-income countries; whereas NCDs are often linked to chronic illness-related disability; whereas SDG 3 calls for ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages; whereas target 3.4 on non- communicable diseases and mental health, which is interlinked with SDGs beyond SDG 3, aims for a 30% reduction in premature mortality from the four major NCDs clusters: cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes; whereas communicable diseases can have non-communicable, chronic consequences; which is why there is a need to enhance access to the diagnosis, treatment, and care of non-communicable diseases in developing countries; whereas multimorbidity, including HIV-infection, diabetes, hypertension, cancers and chronic respiratory conditions, has been a particular risk-factor during the Corona Pandemic; whereas siloed health programmes have not been helpful for people suffering from NCDs already; whereas specialized treatments should be integrated in primary health care and national health care systems in order to be fit for future pandemics and their chronic consequences; whereas people with HIV/AIDS are at considerable risk of contracting Long Covid (a 4-fold higher odds) in particular with neurocognitive impairment; whereas global health security not only has to take the immediate threat of infectious disease into account, but also to deal with chronic long-term suffering as a consequence thereof, whereas interactions between communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are complex and often mediated by shared risk factors; whereas the co-existence of NCDs and communicable diseases lead to increased morbidity, in particular in lower- and middle income countries;
2023/09/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 2 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A a (new)
-Aa. having regard to the joint statement by the Council and the representatives of the governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, the European Parliament and the European Commission of 30 June 2017 on ‘The new European consensus on development’,
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 2 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas developing countries face serious constraints in the financing of healthcare, particularly with regard to non-communicable diseases; whereas post-infectious illnesses, the so-called post-acute infection syndromes (PAIS), are known since a long time, causing chronic disability after Influenza, Ebola, Dengue, Polio, Chikungunya, EBV or Mononucleosis, Borreliosis or Lyme disease, Gardiasis or Lambliasis and others; whereas all PAIS despite being caused by different infectious agents, have similar symptom profiles in common; whereas the overlap of symptoms in all these PAIS, in particular the development of encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), suggest a common pathogenesis; whereas attention and funding for research into these chronic consequences are under-recognized and under-researched; whereas also Malaria knows post-infectious illness that can be described as chronic inflammatory state with similarities to ME/CFS; whereas some patients develop a post-neurological malaria syndrome; whereas Zika causes chronic symptoms by persisting in latent forms, causing post-infectious illness; whereas PAIS gain even more relevance since the Corona Pandemic, as Long Covid, or post-acute sequelae of SARS- CoV-2 (PASC), is a post-infectious illness affecting at least 65 million people globally; whereas also a significant number of Long Covid patients develops myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and show similarities with other PAIS; whereas Long Covid alone adds a substantial burden on global healthcare systems and national economies; whereas although upcoming pandemics are likely to be followed by PAIS, the EU Global Health Strategy of 2022 neither addresses Long Covid nor PAIS in general; whereas PAIS cannot count for “rare diseases” due to their overall prevalence of ME/CFS alone and certainly not since the high prevalence of Long Covid; whereas the EU development cooperation policy should emphasize a comprehensive and integrated approach that addresses the multiple risk factors and determinants of NCDs in partner countries, while also considering social, economic and environmental factors that are relevant to each specific context; whereas universal health coverage is an important factor in preventing and treating NCDs;
2023/09/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 3 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A b (new)
-Ab. having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 3 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
A b. whereas non-communicable diseases are linked to poverty, as they impede poverty reduction initiatives by increasing the share of household costs for health care; whereas treatments of non-communicable diseases tend to involve long-term treatment that can be hard to access to and have a significant impact on household economy; whereas NCDs are not only linked to excess mortality, but also to suffering from morbidity, chronic illness-related disability and increased socio-economic burdens on individuals and families, including poverty from long-term treatment and care costs, loss of productivity that considerably threatens household income and impairs national economies, making non-communicable diseases a contributing factor to poverty and hunger; whereas providing adequate care, prevention and treatment for patients with non-communicable diseases means that many challenges have to be addressed, such as inadequate access to medical care, healthcare facilities and healthcare professionals, as well as deficits in the healthcare structure, particularly in developing countries; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed insufficient investment in the Health Care Workforce and shown how unprepared health systems were to respond to a global health crisis; whereas low- and middle- income countries’ health systems focus on acute illness because of their weaknesses; whereas, as a result, the patient's journey is often characterised by gaps, whether at the diagnostic phase, treatment or lack of adherence to therapy; whereas prevention aspects are often missing in those systems; whereas the COVID-19 pandemic placed an increasing strain on mental health, especially among young people and those already suffering from mental illness;
2023/09/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 4 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A c (new)
-Ac. having regard to the report of the Committee on Development and of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety on the implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (2023/2010 (INI)),
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 4 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
A c. whereas the Global Goals for Sustainable Development comprise combatting poverty, including the access to basic human needs of health, zero hunger, including establishing sustainable food production and good health and wellbeing, including better and more accessible health systems to increase life-expectancy; whereas food security and education have a significant impact on health in the area of non- communicable diseases; whereas in general, next to infections and behavioural risk factors interlinked with socio-economic factors and according to the World Health Organisation, climate change, air pollution and non- communicable diseases represent some of the most serious threats to global health; which is why One Health needs to become a central determinant in the prevention of health risks and in combatting them;
2023/09/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 5 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A d (new)
-Ad. having regard to the report of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 pandemic on the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendation for the future (2022/2076 (INI)),
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 5 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1 Is deeply concerned about the high prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as cause for excess mortality and morbidity; underlines that NCDs do not get adequate attention globally and lead to particular dire consequence in low- and middle-income countries; underlines that health in general and global health security need more political attention and financial support with a special focus on NCDs, certainly as more pandemics with post-infectious chronic illnesses can be expected; calls on the EU to actively work together with the WHO and other relevant international organisations and to become active at international level in this regard, in order to guarantee an appropriate and coordinated approach; calls on the Commission to continue supporting Member States in their efforts to achieve the nine voluntary UN and WHO targets by 2025 as well as sustainable development target 3.4, which aims to reduce premature mortality from non- communicable diseases by one third by 2030 and to promote mental health and well-being; Welcomes the Commission’s 2022 Global Health Strategy “Better Health for all in a Changing World”, highlighting in particular Guiding Principle 2 that addresses a comprehensive approach, including equitable access to health services, disease prevention, affordable quality treatment and rehabilitation and palliative care to fight communicable and non-communicable diseases; notes that a unified and integrated approach is needed to reduce the burden of non- communicable diseases; underlines that the prevalence of non-communicable diseases can be reduced by as much as 70% through healthcare and disease prevention alone; Underlines the bidirectional relationship between communicable diseases and non- communicable diseases as has been seen during the Corona pandemic, particularly in countries with high prevalence of HIV/AIDS and calls on the Commission for siloed programmes to be integrated within primary health care, as suggested by the 2022 NCD Countdown 2030 report1a; (and therefore emphasises the important role of and the need for interdisciplinary points of care; Calls on the EU and its Member States to support developing countries in research and data collection efforts to better understand the prevalence, risk factors, and impact of NCDs in different populations, in view of enabling evidence-based decision-making and designing targeted interventions; underlines the need to design and scale up solutions for high risk, resource-limited, and marginalized populations; __________________ 1a The NCD Countdown 2030 is a collaborative effort from WHO, NCD Alliance, Imperial College and The Lancet. The NCD Countdown publishes biannual reports.
2023/09/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 6 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A e (new)
-Ae. having regard to the report of the Committee on Development on Policy Coherence for Development (2021/2164(INI)),
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 6 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. NotEmphasises the surge in post-acute infection syndromes (PAIS) following COVID-19 infections; recall, that are in this case also called Long Covid; notes that PAIS also occur following other bacterial, viral and parasitic infections, including, amongst others, mononucleosis, Lyme disease, Ebola, polio and, influenza; recallunderlines that the pathogenesis of PAIS is linked to myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS),; in the context ofs concerned that despite 65 million people suffering from long COVID to date, as well asnd despite reinfection pressure and upcoming pandemics; is concerned that the, the 2022 global health strategy neither addresses neither the post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 nor PAIS in general; calls for the EU, with a view to lessons learned from the pandemic, to make PAIS a priority and to develop an EU strategy for PAIS, comparable to Europe’s beating cancer plan and the EU strategy on mental health, and to extend the PAIS strategy to global health security, including in the implementation of the global health strategy; Stresses that the human and financial costs of non-communicable diseases are expected to rise, owing to the fact that those who suffer from non-communicable diseases are also more likely to be affected by other diseases; calls on the WHO to provide more funding for the research and development of vaccines and medicines for non-communicable diseases and to facilitate access to affordable essential pharmaceuticals; recalls that NDICI resources can also be used in the area of healthcare; urges the EU to establish programs to address chronic and severe non-communicable diseases by ensuring that essential medicines, technologies, and diagnostics are both available and accessible at district hospitals; Underlines the need for technological and organisational innovation, as well as lasting, coordinated multilateral cooperation;Notes that guiding principle 2 of the global health strategy aims to ensure that innovative vaccines, treatments and diagnostics for new, prevalent or neglected infectious and non- communicable diseases are developed and used, including through funding from Horizon Europe and the EU-Africa Global Health European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP3) for research, capacity building and strengthening the regulatory environment in sub-Saharan Africa; calls for Team Europe to implement this approach, with a focus on non- communicable diseases; Recalls the high prevalence of PAIS in countries of the Global South; calls for supporting cooperation partnerships on pharmaceutical research and innovation and the creation of networks to exchange data and research results on PAIS and for supporting the development of medication for all PAIS; welcomes long-term partnerships such as between the Institut Pasteur de Dakar in Senegal and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI) and calls for Team Europe to enable these partnerships also for NCDs and in particular PAIS through Global Gateway initiatives; draws attention to the need for knowledge- sharing and data collection, screening and early detection of diseases, and management of diagnosis and treatment; Emphasises that innovative business models provide the opportunity to create incentives for patients and service providers to complete prevention programmes; calls for cooperation with developing countries in this area; and to support local and public pharmaceutical production capacity in developing countries;
2023/09/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 7 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A f (new)
-Af. having regard to the report of the Committee on Development on the role of development policy in the response to biodiversity loss in developing countries, in the context of the achievement of the 2030 Agenda (2020/2274 (INI)),
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 7 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that health is a prerequisite for human development; stresses the need to strengthen healthcare systems in partner countries and provide support for the integration of NCD programs into modernised national public health systems, including by investing in capacity building programs to strengthen the skills and knowledge of healthcare professionals, researchers, and policymakers in addressing NCDs; underlines that, in particular, the education and training of healthcare professionals in developing countries and particularly in least developed countries can play a role in improving health outcomes; calls therefore on the EU to support investment in health education and skills in developing countries; Reminds that the priority 2 of the European Global Health Strategy is to "strengthen health systems and advance universal health coverage"; which is why mobilization of additional public funds is needed and particular attention should be put on preventive action and diagnostic, while community-centred approaches can facilitate those aspects; Stresses that poverty belongs to the root- causes as well as to the consequences of long-term, chronic disease and suffering and stigma, that excludes affected persons from employment opportunities and leads to social isolation; highlights therefore the need to put more emphasis on NCDs in the development assistance for health and to support horizontal primary healthcare systems in an equitable way that ensures financial risk protection and are accessible and affordable to all which also comprises improving the health infrastructure and tackling restrictions on access to medicines; and vaccines; is concerned about investing in for-profit hospitals in the Global South and calls on Team Europe to develop safeguards that ensures equitable access to healthcare in cases where EU development funds are involved; underlines that support to primary healthcare in order to ensure the management of non-communicable diseases is not sufficient, but given the high prevalence of NCDs, more awareness, training of medical personal, and a greater share of development assistance has to be dedicated to NCDs; Calls for facilitating access to essential health services and for global health policy to be strengthened in the areas of early warning, prevention and awareness, with the aim to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals relating to health and in line with the Global Health Strategy that follows a human-rights based approach in order to ensure access to health by vulnerable groups also in the context of natural or man-made disasters and the impacts of climate change; calls for implementing this human-rights based approach including addressing NCDs and the so far neglected post-infectious syndromes;
2023/09/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 8 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A g (new)
-Ag. having regard to the report of the Committee on Development on the Ebola crisis: the long-term lessons and how to strengthen health systems in developing countries to prevent future crises (2014/2204 (INI)),
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 8 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Highlights the importance of preventing non-communicable diseases, stresses the need to support developing countries in educating communities about the risk factors and prevention strategies for NCDs by disseminating information through various credible channels; Reminds the scale of the problem of health misinformation and the potential danger to human lives that has become apparent with the COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the Commission to support projects, tools and policies that seeks to fight the health misinformation topic; and calls on the WHO to promote further awareness and information in the fight against non-communicable diseases such as cancer or diabetes, as well as further prevention of substance abuse; Underlines the impact of the living environment on health and on the prevention of non-communicable diseases; recalls that 'One Health' lies at the interface between ecological, animal and human health; calls on the EU to commit to a feasible design and implementation of the 'One Health' approach at European and international level through the WHO, regional organisations and States, in particular in negotiations relating to the planned Pandemic Treaty and the Global Health Strategy; urges Team Europe to recall in this regard the principle of policy coherence for development (PCD) as enshrined in Article 208 TFEU and to take the One Health approach in health programming and action into account, including in intersectional fields such as biodiversity, agriculture and a healthy living environment; Stresses that the delivering of “horizontal health” through an holistic and rights- based approach entails i.a. to fully address the multidimensional nature of health along the line of “One Health” approach; Notes with deep concern that pollutants in the environment have a massive impact on global health, especially for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs); calls on the EU to assist developing countries, notably the LMICs and LDCs, to prioritize disease prevention, through investment in the management of pollution, including through strategies on access to clean energies, clean and efficient transport, control of industrial emissions, the sound use of chemicals, as it is a highly cost- effective strategy for enhancing population health, reducing the burden on limited health resources and advancing national development;
2023/09/18
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 9 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A h (new)
-Ah. having regard to the Motion for a Resolution of the Committee on Development on accelerating progress and tackling inequalities towards ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 (2021/2604(RSP)),
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 10 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A i (new)
-Ai. having regard to the Opinion of the Committee on Development on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/2115,
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 11 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A j (new)
-Aj. having regard to the Opinion of the Committee on Development on the objective of ensuring food security and the long-term resilience of EU agriculture (2022/2183 (INI)),
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 12 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A k (new)
-Ak. having regard to the proposal for a regulation of 22 June 2022 on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (COM(2022)0305),
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 13 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A l (new)
-Al. having regard to the Commission Communication of 30 November 2022 entitled ‘EU Global Health Strategy, Better Health for All in a Changing World’ (COM(2022)675),
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 14 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A m (new)
-Am. having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled ‘A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system’ (COM(2020)0381),
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 15 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A n (new)
-An. having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 entitled ‘The European Green Deal’ (COM(2019)0640),
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 16 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A o (new)
-Ao. having regard to the UN resolution "Outcome document of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the comprehensive review and assessment of the progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases" (A/RES/68/300), 17 July 2014,
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 17 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A p (new)
-Ap. having regard to the WHO Global Action Plan 2013-2020 that has been extended to 2030 (resolution WHA66.10), 27 May 2013,
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 18 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A q (new)
-Aq. having regard to the UN Political Declaration on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) (A/RES/66/2), 24 January 2012,
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 19 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A r (new)
-Ar. having regard to the 2023 WHO report “A clinical case definition of post COVID-19 conditions in children and adolescents by expert consensus”, 16 February 2023,
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 20 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A s (new)
-As. having regard to the 2021 WHO report “A clinical case definition of post COVID-19 conditions by a Delphi consensus”, 6 October 2021,
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 21 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A t (new)
-At. having regard to the UN Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, of 30 December 2021 entitled ‘Seeds, right to life and farmers’ rights’ (A/HRC/49/43)
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 22 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A u (new)
-Au. having regard to the UN Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, of 24 December 2020 entitled ‘Right to food’ (A/HRC/46/33),
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 23 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A v (new)
-Av. having regard to the UN resolution of 28 September 2018 on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (A/HRC/RES/39/12),
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 24 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital -A w (new)
-Aw. having regard to the UN resolution of 2 October 2007 on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (A/RES/61/295),
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 25 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas non-communicable diseases, or chronic diseases, are the cause of death of 41 million people every year and account for 74 % of all deaths globally; whereas people in the Global South are disproportionally affected, and according to World Health Organization estimates, 77 % of all premature deaths from non-communicable diseases occur in low- and middle-income countries; whereas NCDs are often linked to chronic illness-related disability;
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 28 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the right to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is a fundamental human right which is in line with the provisions of Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; whereas this right is being denied to over a fifth of the world's population;
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 35 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas Article 35 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union calls for a high level of human health protection in the definition and implementation of all Union policies and activities;
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 41 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the Global Goals for Sustainable Development comprise combatting poverty, including the access to basic human needs of health, zero hunger, including establishing sustainable food production and good health and wellbeing, including better and more accessible health systems to increase life-expectancy;
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 44 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas SDG 3 calls for ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages; whereas target 3.4, which is interlinked with SDGs beyond SDG 3, aims for a 30% reduction in premature mortality from the four major NCDs clusters: cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease and diabetes;
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 45 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas NCDs are not only linked to excess mortality, but also to suffering from morbidity, chronic illness-related disability and increased socio-economic burdens on individuals and families, including poverty from long-term treatment and care costs, loss of productivity that considerably threatens household income and impairs national economies, making non-communicable diseases a contributing factor to poverty and hunger;
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 46 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas communicable diseases can have non-communicable, chronic consequences; whereas post-infectious illnesses, the so-called post-acute infection syndromes (PAIS), are known since a long time, causing chronic disability after Influenza, Ebola, Dengue, Polio, Chikungunya, EBV or Mononucleosis, Borreliosis or Lyme disease, Gardiasis or Lambliasis and others; whereas all PAIS despite being caused by different infectious agents, have similar symptom profiles in common; whereas the overlap of symptoms in all these PAIS, in particular the development of encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), suggest a common pathogenesis; whereas attention and funding for research into these chronic consequences are under-recognized and under-researched1a; whereas also Malaria knows post-infectious illness that can be described as chronic inflammatory state with similarities to ME/CFS; whereas some patients develop a post-neurological malaria syndrome; whereas Zika causes chronic symptoms by persisting in latent forms, causing post-infectious illness; _________________ 1a Choutka, J., Jansari, V., Hornig, M., Iwasaki, A.: Unexplained post-acute infection syndromes, Nature Medicine Vol 28, May 2022, 911-923.
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 47 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas PAIS gain even more relevance since the Corona Pandemic, as Long Covid, or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC), is a post-infectious illness affecting at least 65 million people globally1a; whereas also a significant number of Long Covid patients develops myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and show similarities with other PAIS1b; whereas Long Covid alone adds a substantial burden on global healthcare systems and national economies; _________________ 1a Davis, H., McCorkell, L., Moore Vogel, J., Topol, E. J.: Long Covid: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations, Nature reviews microbiology, Vol 21, January 2023, 133- 146. 1b Proal, A., Marschall, T.: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in the Era of the Human Microbiome: Persistent Pathogens Drive Chronic Symptoms by Interfering With Host Metabolism, Gene Expression, and Immunity, Front Pediatr (6), 373, 4th December 2018
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 48 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A h (new)
Ah. whereas multimorbidity, including HIV-infection, diabetes, hypertension, cancers and chronic respiratory conditions, has been a particular risk- factor during the Corona Pandemic; whereas siloed health programmes have not been helpful for people suffering from NCDs already; whereas specialized treatments should be integrated in primary health care and national health care systems in order to be fit for future pandemics and their chronic consequences; whereas people with HIV/AIDS are at considerable risk of contracting Long Covid (a 4-fold higher odds)1a in particular with neurocognitive impairment1b; _________________ 1a Peluso, M., et al: Postacute sequelae and adaptive immune responses in people with HIV recovering from SARS-CoV-2 infection. AIDS (36(12): p F7-F16, 1st October 2022 1b Peluso, M., et al: Chronic viral coinfections differentially affect the likelihood of developing long COVID. J Clin Invest. Vol 133 (3), 1st February 2023
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 49 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A i (new)
Ai. whereas therefore in the age of pandemics, global health security does not only has to take the immediate threat of infectious disease into account, but also to deal with chronic long-term suffering as a consequence thereof, in particular PAIS, whereas interactions between communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are complex and often mediated by shared risk factors; whereas the co-existence of NCDs and communicable diseases lead to increased morbidity, in particular in lower- and middle income countries;
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 50 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A j (new)
Aj. whereas although upcoming pandemics are likely to be followed by PAIS, the EU Global Health Strategy of 2022 neither addresses Long Covid nor PAIS in general; whereas PAIS cannot count for “rare diseases” due to their overall prevalence of ME/CFS alone and certainly not since the high prevalence of Long Covid;
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 51 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A k (new)
Ak. whereas in general, next to infections and behavioural risk factors interlinked with socio-economic factors, such as unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, harmful use of alcohol and tobacco use, environmental risks also contribute to developing NCDs; whereas the One Health approach recognises that health, environment, climate protection, biodiversity, food security and nutrition are closely interlinked; whereas One Health needs to become a central determinant in the prevention of health risks and in combatting them;
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 52 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Is deeply concerned about the high prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) as cause for excess mortality and morbidity; underlines that NCDs do not get adequate attention globally and lead to particular dire consequence in low- and middle-income countries; underlines that health in general and global health security need more political attention and financial support with a special focus on NCDs, certainly as more pandemics with post-infectious chronic illnesses can be expected;
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 53 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. NotEmphasises the surge in post-acute infection syndromes (PAIS) following COVID-19 infections; recall, that are in this case also called Long Covid; notes that PAIS also occur following other bacterial, viral and parasitic infections, including, amongst others, mononucleosis, Lyme disease, Ebola, polio and, influenza; recallunderlines that the pathogenesis of PAIS is linked to myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS),; in the context ofs concerned that despite 65 million people suffering from long COVID to date, as well asnd despite reinfection pressure and upcoming pandemics; is concerned that the, the 2022 global health strategy neither addresses neither the post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 nor PAIS in general; calls for the EU, with a view to lessons learned from the pandemic, to make PAIS a priority and to develop an EU strategy for PAIS, comparable to Europe’s beating cancer plan and the EU strategy on mental health, and to extend the PAIS strategy to global health security, including in the implementation of the global health strategy;
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 62 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls the high prevalence of PAIS in countries of the Global South; calls for supporting cooperation partnerships on pharmaceutical research and innovation and the creation of networks to exchange data and research results on PAIS and for supporting the development of medication for all PAIS; welcomes long-term partnerships such as between the Institut Pasteur de Dakar in Senegal and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI) and calls for Team Europe to enable these partnerships also for NCDs and in particular PAIS through Global Gateway initiatives;
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 70 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that poverty belongs to the root-causes as well as to the consequences of long-term, chronic disease and suffering; stresses therefore the need to put more emphasis on NCDs in the development assistance for health and to support horizontal primary healthcare systems that are accessible and affordable to all, as well as to put more emphasis on health in education over the life-cycle, addressing amongst others the value of healthy and balanced nutrition, the impact of tobacco and harmful consumption of alcohol, avoiding the exposure to chemicals and household air pollution, prevention of infection, including those with risk to cancers in the framework of sexual and reproductive health and rights;
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 78 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Welcomes the Commission’s 2022 Global Health Strategy “Better Health for all in a Changing World”, highlighting in particular Guiding Principle 2 that addresses a comprehensive approach, including equitable access to health services, disease prevention, affordable quality treatment and rehabilitation and palliative care to fight communicable and non-communicable diseases;
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 81 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Highlights that the Global Health Strategy follows a human-rights based approach with attention to the needs and rights of women, children and young people, persons with disabilities in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as well as to access to health by other vulnerable groups such as LGBTIQ people, older people, migrants, refugees and internally displaced people, also in the context of natural or man-made disasters and the impacts of climate change; calls for implementing this human-rights based approach including addressing NCDs and the so far neglected post-infectious syndromes;
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 84 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Considers strengthening health systems and advancing universal health coverage in an equitable way that ensures financial risk protection and access to quality essential healthcare services and safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines, as outlined in the Global Health Strategy, of utmost importance; is concerned about development banks investing in for-profit hospitals in the Global South and calls on Team Europe to develop safeguards that ensures equitable access to healthcare in cases where EU development funds are involved; underlines that support to primary healthcare in order to ensure the management of non-communicable diseases is not sufficient, but given the high prevalence of NCDs, more awareness, training of medical personal, and a greater share of development assistance has to be dedicated to NCDs;
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 87 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Underlines the bidirectional relationship between communicable diseases and non-communicable diseases as has been seen during the Corona pandemic, particularly in countries with high prevalence of HIV/AIDS and calls on the Commission for siloed programmes to be integrated within primary health care, as suggested by the 2022 NCD Countdown 2030 report1a; _________________ 1a The NCD Countdown 2030 is a collaborative effort from WHO, NCD Alliance, Imperial College and The Lancet. The NCD Countdown publishes biannual reports.
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 89 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Underlines the impact of the living environment on health and on the prevention of non-communicable diseases; urges Team Europe to take the One Health approach in health programming and action into account, including in intersectional fields such as biodiversity, agriculture and a healthy living environment;
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 90 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 h (new)
2h. With view to preventing NCDs, such as malnutrition, obesity, metabolic syndrome, cancers, immunological conditions, parkinson diease, fetal malformation and others, highlights the basic requirement of food security and a healthy nutrition variety on the one hand, linked to the right to food and to the right of small-scale farmers to access land and the right to seeds as pointed out in the light of UN Report A/HRC/49/43, and reminds in this regard of the value of agroecology and the decrease of the overall use of chemical pesticides for a healthy living environment, including water and soil on the other; underlines furthermore, that biodiversity and intact ecosystems are the best prevention of zoonoses; condems in this regard EU’s double standards on pesticides, which enable the export from the EU of hazardous substances which are themselves banned in the EU and calls on the Commission to ensure reciprocity in international trade agreements, particularly in relation to agriculture and agricultural products, and to lead by example by ensuring that hazardous pesticides banned in the EU are not exported to partner countries, preventing residues of banned pesticides from being tolerated in food on the EU market and strengthening the enforcement mechanism of the TSD chapters;
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 91 #

2023/2075(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 i (new)
2i. Recalls in this regard the principle of policy coherence for development (PCD) enshrined in Article 208 TFEU, according to which ‘the Union shall take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries’, and the importance of ensuring coherence between all EU policies in order to guarantee the effectiveness of development cooperation for the benefit of developing countries and to increase the effectiveness of the EU’s commitment to food autonomy and to a healthy living environment with intact ecosystems, also under the aspect of preventing non-communicable diseases;
2023/07/24
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 1 #

2023/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that regional and sub- regional integration features prominently in the EPA; stresses that regional integration is essential to effectivU-SADC EPA as it represents a powerful instrument to achieve the objectives of the treaty; stresses that the EU-SADC EPA shall support regional and sub-regional integration, promoting regional value chains in SADC and Africa broadly, and ultimately integrateing developing countries into the world economy in a sustainable manner; stresses, furthermore, that the EU’s development finance cooperation with SADC countries must assist their regional economic cooperation and integration efforts in a way that boosts wider intra- African trade;
2023/11/21
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 1 #

2023/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that regional and sub- regional integration features prominently in the EPA; stresses that regional integration is essential to effectivU-SADC EPA as it represents a powerful instrument to achieve the objectives of the treaty; stresses that the EU-SADC EPA shall support regional and sub-regional integration, promoting regional value chains in SADC and Africa broadly, and ultimately integrateing developing countries into the world economy in a sustainable manner; stresses, furthermore, that the EU’s development finance cooperation with SADC countries must assist their regional economic cooperation and integration efforts in a way that boosts wider intra- African trade;
2023/11/21
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 2 #

2023/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. PRecognizes that SADC partner countries should benefit from the EPA through increasing their ability to boost economic diversification and produce value-added manufactured products; points out that the EPA should contribute to diversifying value chains in SADC countries and their economies, creatingwhich also necessitates fair and pro-development global trade rules, and that it should encourage trade and development policies based on the promotion of human rights, rule of law and democracy, create added value and jobs locally and thereby helping tolp to fight inequalities and reduce and eventually eradicate hunger and poverty in a sustainable manner;
2023/11/21
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 2 #

2023/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. PRecognizes that SADC partner countries should benefit from the EPA through increasing their ability to boost economic diversification and produce value-added manufactured products; points out that the EPA should contribute to diversifying value chains in SADC countries and their economies, creatingwhich also necessitates fair and pro-development global trade rules, and that it should encourage trade and development policies based on the promotion of human rights, rule of law and democracy, create added value and jobs locally and thereby helping tolp to fight inequalities and reduce and eventually eradicate hunger and poverty in a sustainable manner;
2023/11/21
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 3 #

2023/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. StressesCalls on the EU to ensure that the EPA should contributes to establishing an effective, predictable and transparent regional regulatory framework for trade and investment, provide a sustainable foundation forin full respect of relevant international agreements and guidelines; emphasises that Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) shall positively contribute to the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area and thereby attraction of private capital, and contribute to the building of resilient and sustainable regional value chains, boosting and diversifying intra-African trade, which is indispensable for fostering sustainable long-term development and achieving the goals of the 2030 Agenda; takes the view that EU support to African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) should go along the development of regulative frameworks, which, in turn, adhere to strict social and environmental standards;
2023/11/21
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 3 #

2023/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. StressesCalls on the EU to ensure that the EPA should contributes to establishing an effective, predictable and transparent regional regulatory framework for trade and investment, provide a sustainable foundation forin full respect of relevant international agreements and guidelines; emphasises that Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) shall positively contribute to the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area and thereby attraction of private capital, and contribute to the building of resilient and sustainable regional value chains, boosting and diversifying intra-African trade, which is indispensable for fostering sustainable long-term development and achieving the goals of the 2030 Agenda; takes the view that EU support to African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) should go along the development of regulative frameworks, which, in turn, adhere to strict social and environmental standards;
2023/11/21
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 4 #

2023/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of broadly, systematically and meaningfully involving development partners, local and regional civil society, academia, trade unions and private sector representatives in the EPA’s implementation, monitoring and the ex post evaluations thereof. to ensure the EPA meets the needs of the population while guaranteeing the fundamental principles of sustainable development;
2023/11/21
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 4 #

2023/2065(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of broadly, systematically and meaningfully involving development partners, local and regional civil society, academia, trade unions and private sector representatives in the EPA’s implementation, monitoring and the ex post evaluations thereof. to ensure the EPA meets the needs of the population while guaranteeing the fundamental principles of sustainable development;
2023/11/21
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 31 #

2023/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the extractive industries can have severe negative social, economic, environmental and institutional impacts at local, national regional and global level; whereas environmental and social impact studies can play a crucial role in protecting the rights of indigenous populations in mining areas; whereas the extractive industries can be considered as sources of employment, they are often the source of negative impacts on the community, leading to forced displacement, poverty, violations of human rights or armed conflicts;
2023/07/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 57 #

2023/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H
H. whereas the EU’s commitment to a just transition extends globally; and to the need for profound reforms in the financial, governance, social and environmental dimensions of the extractive sector;
2023/07/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 61 #

2023/2031(INI)

1. Recalls that the EU is the largest donor of development aid in the world; stresses, therefore, the importance of mainstreaming sustainable development principles across all EU external action, in particular in policies related to the extractive industries, in line with the EU’s legal obligation to ensure policy coherence for development; recalls that some of the natural resources that feed some of the world's most enduring and brutal conflicts pass through supply chains linked to companies originating in developed countries, namely in the EU;
2023/07/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 75 #

2023/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the EU to support capacity-building efforts in developing countries to strengthen their legal and regulatory frameworks for extractive industries, including measures to increase governance and transparency, combat corruption, tax fraud and evasion and illicit financial flows, improve labour, human rights and environmental standards, and strengthen law enforcement; highlights the need to ensure effective access to justice for victims of social or environmental misapplication of legislation by multinational companies operating in developing countries;
2023/07/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 85 #

2023/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Calls for the Commission to put forward an EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Investment in Extractive Industries in Developing Countries for businesses and development finance institutions, drafted with inputs from industry, as well as from civil society in developing countries and from representatives of indigenous communities; considers that the code should articulate clear commitments and tailored guiding principles for investment in developing countries; stresses that local consultation, local consentinformed and prior consent of local communities and local sustainable development should be the overarching objective of the code; believes that the code should cover, at a minimum, commitments on:
2023/07/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 92 #

2023/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – point c
c) human rights issues, such as the use of forced and child labour, workers’ rights, displacement, discrimination, indigenous rights, education, health and safety;
2023/07/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 116 #

2023/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the EU to promote a partnership between equals among the EU and the developing countries significantly dependent on extractive industries, and the multi- stakeholder partnerships at regional and international level;
2023/07/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 128 #

2023/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Calls for the EU to support regional and, international and global initiatives to improve transparency and accountability in the use and management of extractive resources, including the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, the Extractives Global Programmatic Support and the Kimberley Process;
2023/07/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 144 #

2023/2031(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Council to sign without further delay the new Partnership Agreement between the EU and the members of the OACPS, as it provides a strengthened and modernised framework for cooperation with ACP countries, which contains specific references to the extractive industries;
2023/07/20
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 16 #

2023/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the Instrument’s external investment framework brings together blended finance and guarantees under the European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+) External Action Guarantee (EAG), which is to be implemented by eligible partners in an open and collaborative approach, with a specific role for the European Investment Bank (EIB); whereas the EFSD+ considerably expands the financial envelope of its predecessor, the EFSD, and will be able to guarantee operations up to EUR 53.4 billion through EAG; whereas the ‘policy first’ principle must result in a cooperation driven by policy objectives and ensure that the European financial architecture for development is aligned in this regard; proposes for example to refine the broad and vague MSMEs window into sub-windows that should be dedicated to individual entrepreneurs and cooperatives;
2023/09/15
Committee: AFETDEVE
Amendment 22 #

2023/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas inequalities are amongst the root causes of instability, insecurity and violence;
2023/09/15
Committee: AFETDEVE
Amendment 23 #

2023/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the promotion of human rights is a cornerstone of the EU’s external action;
2023/09/15
Committee: AFETDEVE
Amendment 24 #

2023/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas human development remains a key area for the EU’s external and development policies; whereas investments in health care, education, nutrition and social protection are paramount to ensure universal access to these services which constitute basic human rights;
2023/09/15
Committee: AFETDEVE
Amendment 55 #

2023/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the consolidation of most of the EU’s external action in a single Instrument, gradually streamlining and harmonising the numerous previous instruments; is of the opinion, however, that although this simplification has enhanced flexibility and efficiency, it has not been accompanied by sufficient levels of effective accountability; underlines in this regard that measures can only be considered effective when this can be proven by clear and comparable monitoring and evaluation mechanisms; reminds of the findings of the 2023 ECA special report on programming of the Instrument, which points out that baseline and target indicators as well as data sources in MIPs where fragmented or missing; calls on the Commission to make the use of ‘Global Europe Results Framework’ (GERF) indicators compulsory for all measures throughout the entire programming cycle of MIPs, that is planning, implementation and reporting of results and for considerably increasing EU delegations capacities; emphasises that the Instrument should provide an efficient, effective, coherent and inclusive implementation, underpinned by the ‘policy first’ principle and in line with the strategic interests and values of the EU; reiterates its call on the Commission to publish, at least biannually, an aid effectiveness progress report, that consistently includes standardized, comprehensible and comparable indicators, covering joint planning, joint implementation and joint results frameworks; calls on the Commission to present this progress report to Parliament;
2023/09/15
Committee: AFETDEVE
Amendment 94 #

2023/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of meeting all the Instrument’s spending targets and calls for detailed information on the progress made in this regard; regrets, in particular, the substantial deficit in reaching the Instrument’s climate target and the biodiversity target; recalls that biodiversity is a crucial factor in combatting climate change; calls for a detailed plan outlining how the Commission intends to meet the climatespending targets by the end of the MFF;
2023/09/15
Committee: AFETDEVE
Amendment 98 #

2023/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Reaffirms the commitment set out in the Instrument to eradicating poverty, fighting inequalities and discrimination and promoting human development; recalls that actions under the Instrument are expected to contribute at least 20 % of the ODA funded under the Instrument to social inclusion and human development; underlines that the EFSD+ should aim to support investments as a means of contributing to the achievement of the SDGs by fostering sustainable and inclusive economic, environmental and social development; calls in this regard for the full implementation of the EU Gender Action Plan III, as well as the operationalisation of the EU Global Health Strategy and the Youth Action Plan in EU external action; underlines the need to enhance the Union’s efforts to promote and protect human rights in its external action, in view of the mid-term review of the implementation of the EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy;
2023/09/15
Committee: AFETDEVE
Amendment 103 #

2023/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Reaffirms the commitment set out in the Instrument to eradicating poverty, fighting inequalities and discrimination and promoting human development; emphasises the importance of following a holistic approach to human security as a new guiding paradigm;
2023/09/15
Committee: AFETDEVE
Amendment 109 #

2023/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Underlines the importance of guaranteeing an effective needs-based and people-centred approach in the EU’s external action; highlights the essential role that local partners and civil society should have in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the programmes;
2023/09/15
Committee: AFETDEVE
Amendment 142 #

2023/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Notes the specific role played by the EIB in the European financial architecture for development, as set out in Article 209 of the TFEU and in Article 36 of the Regulation establishing the Instrument, and acknowledges the EIB’s potential to mobilise additional funding that contributes to the Instrument’s objectives; welcomes the creation of EIB Global, which has been operational since 1 January 2022 and sets out to increase the bank’s presence and expertise in developing countries; notes that, since the setting up of the new development branch, the EIB Global has made record use of the dedicated investment window provided by the Instrument, delivering over EUR 10 billion in 2022, notably in support of Ukraine and the Global Gateway; recalls the importance of the EU budget as the sole guarantor for the EIB’s to provide loans outside the EU in support of EU policies; calls for an increase in the guarantees granted to the EIB by the EU budget in order to allow the EU bank to continue to deliver vital public and private sector operations in Ukraine and to expand its activities in the Global South; calls on the EIB to use its position to mobilise investments for sustainable development in line with the purpose and criteria established by the EFSD+; highlights the important role of the EIB in partnering with the Commission to deliver EUR 100 billion of the 300 billion commitment under the Global Gateway strategy; calls on the EIB to continue to strengthen its presence in the field by building on the current approach of co- location within EU delegations, while further exploiting possible synergies with the EBRD and other European DFIs; underlines that EU investment projects should be subject to evaluation, monitoring and reporting, in order to avoid unintended negative impacts; in this regard, calls on the Commission, together with EIB, EBRD and other European DFIs to develop standardised procedures, including ex ante and ex post evaluations and by applying the Commission’s Result Management Framework (ReMF); urges the Commission to publish this Framework and to make sure that DFIs using their own indicators to clearly define them and explain their application and comparability with the ReMF; calls for the introduction of standardised complaint mechanisms for all DFIs that are sufficiently staffed and resourced and easily accessible; calls on the Commission to follow-up environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards of all investment projects; encourages the EIB to continue to actively engage in developing planning, monitoring and evaluation at country level, hand in hand with the EU delegations and through co- financing with development finance institutions; calls for stronger coordination between the Commission and the EEAS and EU delegations to facilitate discussions and cooperation with relevant actors on the ground in order to identify projects which best meet development effectiveness objectives;
2023/09/15
Committee: AFETDEVE
Amendment 164 #

2023/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the Team Europe approach and its aim of increasing the coherence, impact and visibility of EU development projects, and calls for more joint actions with the Member States, in particular Team Europe Initiatives (TEIs); recalls however that individual Member States’ contributions have to be indicated in MIPs in order to ensure certainty over the Member States’ financial support; calls on the Commission to review the effectiveness of the approach including Member States’ compliance, and to inform Parliament of its findings;
2023/09/15
Committee: AFETDEVE
Amendment 167 #

2023/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the Team Europe approach and its aim of increasing the coherence, impact and visibility of EU development projects, and calls for more joint actions with the Member States, in particular Team Europe Initiatives (TEIs); calls on the Commission to review the effectiveness of the approach and to inform Parliament of its findings; calls on the Commission to clarify the roles surrounding the Team Europe approach and to propose a mechanism that increases the transparency and democratic scrutiny of the initiative;
2023/09/15
Committee: AFETDEVE
Amendment 176 #

2023/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the Global Gateway strategy as a concerted EU response to global challenges; regrets, however, the lack of transparency and of a regulatory framework for the strategy’s governance and implementation within the Instrument’s objectives and priorities; is of the opinion that in times of new geostrategic challenges, EU foreign and security policy and development cooperation actors have to better coordinate and cooperate in the framework of the Global Gateway in order to give weight to EU positions and values in a new multilateral world order and to show leadership in international initiatives, such as G7 Partnership for Global Infrastructure Investment (PGII); stresses that massive investments are required in both hard and soft infrastructure in developing countries, from digital, transport and energy networks to health, education and food systems; regrets, however, the lack of transparency and of a regulatory framework for the strategy’s governance and implementation within the Instrument’s objectives and priorities; stresses the need for adequate parliamentary involvement and scrutiny as well as better staffed and resourced EU delegations and consultation with the business sector and CSOs through a comprehensible and transparent governance framework that would quickly deliver a boost of investment and visibility of EU in partner countries at the backdrop of a complex geopolitical context; Underlines that the joint communication of the Global Gateway leaves room for interpretation about the relationship of its different bodies that remains largely informal; regrets the limited access of information in particular from the steering committee; calls on the Commission to update the joint communication and to provide a clear definition of what a global gateway project is and how to distinguish it from other investment projects; Calls for clarity as to how the EU financial regulation and public procurement rules apply in the funding of Global Gateway for the joint projects in partner developing countries; calls to ensure that the prerogative is always given to the EU and local partner or like-minded countries companies; regrets the lack of clarity on the financing for the Global Gateway strategy and recalls that such new initiatives should be financed through fresh appropriations and the related upward revision of the Heading 6 ceiling;
2023/09/15
Committee: AFETDEVE
Amendment 188 #

2023/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Recalls Parliament’s functions of political control and consultation and stresses the role of the high-level geopolitical dialogue in providing general orientations for the implementation of the Instrument; powers of political and budgetary control and consultation; underlines that the Parliament needs full and timely access to documents and has to be able to monitor the impact and progress of projects, which is, why it needs full access to standardised baseline and target indicators as well as data sources; regrets that decision- making processes in particular in the framework of the Global Gateway are still undefined and not fully transparent; points out that the overlap of financial instruments, for example in the context of guarantees, makes scrutiny difficult; calls on the Commission to provide after consultations with the Parliament a comprehensible, clear and complete overview in a single document about the financial instruments their relations with each other and the different actors as well as a complete and precise overview about grants and guarantees and how they are covered; furthermore, calls on the Commission to provide regular information about the Global Gateway steering group and to make the Result Management Framework (ReMF) fully available; calls for an oversight of the complaint mechanisms and for regular information about complaints; calls on the Parliament to establish a sufficiently staffed and resourced parliamentary oversight body for the Instrument including EFSD+ and Global Gateway projects and calls on the Commission to provide a consistent inter-institutional information flow with the European Parliament being kept informed about investment projects including Global Gateway projects; is of the opinion that the format of the high-level geopolitical dialogue alone cannot fully provide general orientations for the implementation of the Instrument; reiterates that Parliament’s positions need to be fully taken into consideration; also reiterates that European Parliament resolutions constitute part of the overall policy framework for the implementation of the Instrument;
2023/09/15
Committee: AFETDEVE
Amendment 233 #

2023/2029(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Notes that pilot projects and preparatory actions are new initiatives that might turn into EU funding programmes when they turned out to be successful; underlines that they are an opportunity for the European Parliament to introduce programmes that would otherwise not have been financed; highlights that the Insrtument, when interpreted broadly, constitutes in theory a legal basis for all initiatives, which prevents eligibility and therefore makes de-facto initiatives from the European Parliament impossible; calls on the Commission to provide a legislative proposal that enables pilot projects and preparatory actions to be proposed by the Parliament, provided, the proposals are considered useful by the EU delegations and provided additional benefits as they would otherwise not have been financed in praxis;
2023/09/15
Committee: AFETDEVE
Amendment 5 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
— having regard to the Synthesis Report of the IPCC sixth assessment report (AR6)1a _________________ 1a https://www.ipcc.ch/assessment- report/ar6/
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 6 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
— having regard to the Human Development Report 2021/22, entitled "Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World"1a _________________ 1a https://hdr.undp.org/content/human- development-report-2021-22
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 9 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
— having regard to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals Report 20221a _________________ 1a https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2022/Th e-Sustainable-Development-Goals- Report-2022.pdf
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 24 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
— Having regard to the Commission Communication on decent work worldwide for a global just transition and sustainable recovery (COM(2022) 66 final, in particular its commitments included to achieve the SDGs,
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 25 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
— having regard to the 2022 UN Transforming Education Summit on 16- 19 September in New York;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 48 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
— having regard to the resolution on Policy Coherence for Development adopted by the European Parliament on 14 March 20231a _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2023-0071_EN.pdf
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 54 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas, with less than seven years to go until the deadline for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda, the new geopolitical landscape and the multiple crises in various areas have further hindered the achievement of the SDGs; whereas collective action on a new scale is urgently needed to respond to poverty that is ruining hundreds of millions of lives and to respond to the unprecedented threats to the habitability of our planet posed by the interlinked climate and biodiversity crises; whereas the 2030 Agenda and the 17 SDGs are key to addressing the current challenges and reorienting the global compass towards a socially and environmentally just transition that leaves no one behind;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 65 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas, despite some progress on certain SDGs before the crises, some trends are now reversed; whereas, according to the SDNS Sustainable Development Report 2022, for the second year in a row, the world is no longer making progress on the SDGs and the average SDG Index score further declined in 2021;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 73 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
A b. Whereas reducing inequalities (SDG 10) is inextricably linked to the overall implementation of the Agenda 2030 and to effective climate action; whereas sustainable resource mobilisation is essential for transformative public action; whereas tax justice, climate justice and intergenerational justice must be urgently pursued both within developed and developing countries;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 81 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
A c. Whereas 760 million people currently live without electricity and 2.4 billion people rely on harmful fuels for cooking1a; whereas 3.6 billion people worldwide live without safely managed sanitation1band 2.3 billion lack basic handwashing facilities at home1c; whereas 2018-2028 has been declared the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”; _________________ 1a https://www.who.int/news/item/20-01- 2022-who-publishes-new-global-data-on- the-use-of-clean-and-polluting-fuels-for- cooking-by-fuel-type 1b https://data.unicef.org/topic/water-and- sanitation/sanitation/ 1c https://www.unwater.org/water- facts/handwashing-and-hand-hygiene
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 88 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
A d. whereas the COVID crisis required forceful public policy responses, for which developed countries rapidly found resources, and a wide consensus emerged on the need for a transformative “build back better” approach responding also to the deepening climate crisis; whereas, at the same time, the very asymmetric impact of the COVID crisis rapidly exacerbated the inequality crisis plaguing the world;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 95 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
A e. whereas education is a key resource for achieving the SDGs and a lifeline for people in crisis situations; whereas yet hundreds of millions of the most vulnerable children, youth and adults are still excluded from education today; whereas the education-related goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda have been severely derailed and risk leaving learners and societies ill-equipped to face an uncertain future;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 102 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
A f. Whereas the Commission has not yet devised an integrated plan for the EU’s implementation of Agenda 2030 or a financing plan for the SDGs, as requested several times by the EP, notably the resolution of 23 June 2022; whereas the Commission has committed to taking a ‘whole-of-government’ approach to SDG implementation;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 107 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
A g. Whereas there is a significant annual SDG investment gap of $USD 4 trillion and the fiscal space for relevant policies in developing countries’ is critically reduced by huge and further increasing debt burdens, external shocks related to the cumulating crises and the absence of a conducive international environment for domestic resource mobilisation;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 113 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A h (new)
A h. whereas France will host an international summit on 22 and 23 June 2023 on the theme of a "New Global Financial Pact" in order to take stock of all the ways and means to strengthen financial solidarity with the countries of the Global South, especially in the context of the current and future crises they are facing;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 117 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A i (new)
A i. whereas the 8th Union Environment Action Programme forms the basis for achieving the environmental and climate objectives defined under the UN 2030 Agenda and its SDGs; whereas the achievement of the environmental- and climate-related SDGs underpins the social and economic SDGs;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 124 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A j (new)
A j. whereas the Joint Statement on legislative priorities for 2023 and 2024 sets the overarching objective to accelerate the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for sustainable development through the legislative proposals put forward;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 128 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A k (new)
A k. whereas the success of the European Green Deal and the pledge of a just green transition is inextricably linked to the achievement of the SDGs;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 130 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A l (new)
A l. whereas 2023 is a pivotal year for the review of the SDGs and a push for their realisation by 2023, especially with the EU presenting its first Voluntary Review report at the HLPF in July 2023 and the global SDGs Summit on 19-20 September 2023 marking the mid-term of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 140 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses its commitment to the 2030 Agenda and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals with their 169 accompanying measurable targets, especially in light of the new deteriorating geopolitical landscape and the ongoing climate, biodiversity and health crises; warns against further polarisation in the distribution of wealth and income, which would lead to increaseding levels of inequality and poverty ; highlights, against this backdrop, the importance of the SDGs, which provide a universal compassthe only evidence-based universal policy roadmap for people’s prosperity and to, protecting the planet and averting the climate crisis; recalls that athe pledge to leave no one behind lies at the heart of the 2030 Agenda and that the achievement of the SDGs should benefit all countries, people and segments of society;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 161 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that, at the halfway point in the 2030 Agenda timeline, EU leadership in the global implementation of the SDGs remains crucial and must be further credibly demonstrated; underlines that 2023 offers a unique opportunity to gather momentum and undertake the urgent transformative action required to place our societies firmly on course to achieve the SDGs; warns that the consequences of inaction in this crucial year would primarily be borne by the most vulnerable people;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 190 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has disrupted the global energy supply systems, and has underscored the need to rapidly end dependence on fossil fuels and phase out all relevant subsidies and shift to renewable energy sources; stresses, in this regard, the urgency for the EU and Member States to make concerted efforts to progress towards SDG 7 to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all; underlines that security of energy supply, universal access and affordability in the long term can only be attained through renewable energy deployment; stresses that achieving SDG 7 will contribute to the attainment of several other SDGs, including in relation to poverty eradication, gender equality, climate change, food security, health, education, sustainable cities and communities, clean water and sanitation, decent jobs, innovation, transport, and refugees; highlights that the implementation of SDG 7 should be aligned with a just, inclusive and equitable energy transition with universal energy access, green jobs, diversified economies, people’s well-being and the empowerment of women, local communities and vulnerable groups to leave no one behind;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 193 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Welcomes the outcome of the UN 2023 Water Conference; calls on the EU and Member States to put forward ambitious commitments to advance on SDG 7; stresses that water policies must prioritise the sustainable management of rivers, lakes, wetlands, springs, and aquifers, guaranteeing their good ecological status, within the framework of the human right to a healthy environment and as key to confronting ongoing crises of pollution, deforestation, desertification, biodiversity loss, and climate change; highlights that water and sanitation services should be guided by the respect for human rights, leaving no one behind, including those who live in situations of vulnerability, marginalization or poverty; stresses that privatisation or commodification of water and sanitation services are detrimental to the complete fulfilment of human rights, and should therefore not be considered as policies at the global, national or local level, or in international cooperation, but that, instead, public ownership and management, strengthened through public-public and public-community partnerships, should be promoted;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 195 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. welcomes the landmark agreement for a Treaty of the High Seas to protect the ocean, tackle environmental degradation, fight climate change, and prevent biodiversity loss;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 224 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to continue integrating the SDGs into the European Semester as its compass and to use the country- specific recommendations to systematically measure Member States’ progress and set out concrete proposals for improvement, including recommendations for country-specific SDG targets ; suggests that reporting on the implementation of the SDGs should be an opportunity to streamline the European Semester, notably in country reports and national reform programmes;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 237 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses Parliament’s important role in promoting the SDGs’ implementation through European policies and heightening the goals’ visibility in public discourse; calls, to this end, on its committees to further integrate SDG considerations in their legislative and non-legislative work; welcomes the efforts made by the Parliament’s SDG Alliance; encourages the Parliament’s general secretariat to produce a Parliament SDG review to fully assess its contribution to the achievement of the Goals, following similar commitments by other Union institutions; underlines that coordination within and between the EU institutions is essential in order to ensure the EU’s leadership and increase the effectiveness of its efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 246 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Recognises that the SDGs have to be strengthened through the creation of effective legal and regulatory frameworks, policies and practices at EU and Member States’ level to promote their implementation;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 250 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that voluntary national reviews are the cornerstone of the follow- up and review framework for the 2030 Agenda and a key accountability tool; welcomes the Ccommission’s initiative to draft and present the first EU voluntary review report in 2023tment of nine EU Member States to present their national voluntary review at the 2023 HLPF and invites all Member States to engage in this process in the following years; emphasizes that voluntary national reviews can only serve the purpose of providing accountability if they are done in an objective manner that focuses on shortcomings as much as on achievements;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 254 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. welcomes the Commission’s initiative to draft and present the first EU voluntary review report in 2023;highlights the importance of the EU voluntary review containing: a. a reaffirmation of the EU’s commitment to deliver the Agenda 2030 and the accompanying Goals; b. a strategic overview of the EU commitments and targets to progress towards the SDGs, including, where applicable, quantified and time-bound targets for 2030; c. a comprehensive summary of EU internal and external actions in support of the implementation of the SDGs, as well as policy coherence between action at both levels, including potential trade-offs, having regard to impacts on partner countries; d. orientations on actions to be undertaken to take the implementation of the 2030 Agenda further, in particular in anticipation of the 2024-2029 Commission political priorities .
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 272 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the importance of enhanced cooperation with partners in the Global South, particularly the African Union and civil society representatives, in order to implement the 2030 Agenda globally; notes that its implementation will enable partner countries to achieve their own development goals (e.g. the AU Agenda 2063) and their self-reliance on the path to a just and equal society; stresses in this context that the universality of the SDGs as a common agenda represents an opportunity to restore trust and position the EU as a bridge builder between the Global North and the Global South;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 281 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses, in this regard, that the EU and its Member States must avoid negative spillover effects at the expense of the Global South, which undermine their efforts to achieve the SDGs and which occur as a result of their Member States’ past economic and technological model; advocates cooperation with global partners to turn any negative spillover effects into virtuous circles; calls for all EU policies to be subject to a mandatory SDG check to provide more insight on and address any negative effects and ensure that change in this area is measurable; welcomes the recent agreement reached between the co- legislators on the Deforestation Regulation, which will ensure that products circulated in the EU market will no longer contribute to deforestation and forest degradation in other parts of the world; reiterates its calls on the Commission and on the Council to take the actions listed in its recent resolution on policy coherence for development so as to make the implementation of this principle effective;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 314 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Reiterates its support for the work of Eurostat in relation to the SDGs monitoring in the EU; Points out that, in order to assess the Member States’ progress on the SDGs, the Eurostat sustainable development indicators must be improved by filling the gaps for some SDGs and better measuring policies’ impact on territories and specific vulnerable groupscross- border and long-term distributional impact on territories and specific marginalized and vulnerable groups, in the EU and globally;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 322 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Stresses that a minimum level of data and statistical disaggregation should be ensured in the Eurostat SDG monitoring, closer aligned to the global SDG monitoring framework, covering, where appropriate, geographic location, gender, income, education level, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, impairment and other characteristics;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 328 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Notes, furthermore, that important evidence-based data remains unavailable on global, national and regional development policies in the Global South, particularly with regard to the their impact on poorest and most marginalised peoplevulnerable and marginalised groups and territories people; highlights that accurate and reliable data is crucial to measure progress and identify bottlenecks; regrets the lack of comprehensive ODA reporting per SDG by the EU and all Member States; calls for strengthening and accelerating human, institutional and infrastructure data capacity building, especially in the developing countries and EU internal monitoring tools, such as the Gender Marker or the newly established Inequality Marker;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 335 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights the importance of voluntary local reviews and voluntary subnational reviews as a means of further localising the SDGs and therefore advancing their implementation; stresses that regular comprehensive reviews of SDGs progress at sub-national and local level can reinforce vertical and horizontal coherence, stimulate local participation, facilitate peer-learning between regions and cities at global level and contribute to the overall SDG implementation; strongly supports, in this regard, the work of the Joint Research Center on localising the SDGs inter alia through the “REGIONS2030: Monitoring the SDGs in the EU regions - Filling the data gaps” project and the European Handbook for SDGs Voluntary Local Reviews; calls for a European platform for VLRs to foster exchange and learning as well as twinning approaches across Europe for accelerated SDG implementation at local level; suggests that this data be integrated in the EU cohesion policies;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 343 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Points out that there is a growing awareness that economic growth, as measured primarily by GDP, has little to do with prosperity and well-being and that sustainability must be at the core of economic systems; regrets that no policy at EU level aims at a paradigm shift or reform of our economic systems, including the replacement of GDP growth with a measure of progress based on the well-being of people and planet as the key measure of economic performance; Calls on the Commission to present the ‘beyond GDP’ dashboard without delay, as set out in the 8th environment action programme;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 362 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Draws attention to the fact that, with global GDP now over USD 100 trillion and the capitalisation of global equity and fixed income markets being around USD 250 trillion, global financial resources are sufficient for a big push towards closure of the SDG financing gap and should be made available for this, including through wealth and profit taxes and effective international measures against tax competition, tax avoidance and evasion;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 376 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the preparaadoption of an EU financing plan for the SDGs; underlines that the 2030 Agenda should guide all EU financing tools and their programming, especially the MFF, NDICI-Global Europe, EFSD+, the EU’s main development financing tools; calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal for a social taxonomy to complement the green taxonomy and help implement the European Green Deal;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 382 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Stresses that important EU investment strategies like the Global Gateway must be clearly oriented towards and fully assessed against the need to implement the 2030 Agenda with its “leave no one behind” principle and encompassing the whole social, economic and environmental dimension;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 385 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Highlights the urgency to require financial institutions to define and adopt strategies and targets to align financial portfolios and other assets with the SDGs and regularly report on progress inter alia in the context of their ESG reporting;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 388 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18 c. Encourages all actors across society, including public and private profit and non-profit entities, to engage in regular voluntary reporting on SDG implementation;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 389 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18 d. Underlines the importance of making the Union budget consistent with the 17 SDGs and their respective sub- targets; invites the Commission to examine the modalities of a dedicated methodology for tracking SDGs expenditure in the Union budget, complementary to the climate and biodiversity tracking methodologies already in place; requests that a comprehensive mapping of the financial envelopes of existing and future Union policies, programmes and funds, including of the investments and structural reforms pursued under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, be made to ensure coherence with the objectives of the 2030 Agenda;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 390 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)
18 e. Adds its voice to the multiplying calls for deep reform of the global development finance architecture to align all of its parts with the Agenda 2030 for global development, the Paris Agreement on climate action and the Global Biodiversity Framework; calls for the shift operationalisation of the Loss and Damage Fund agreed at COP27;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 391 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 f (new)
18 f. Calls on the EU and international partners to fully engage in real commitments and action during the international summit on the "New Global Financial Pact" in Paris in June to facilitate vulnerable countries' access to the financing they need to address the consequences of current and future crises and to implement Agenda 2030;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 417 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Stresses that more than half of the world’s 69 poorest countries face either a debt crisis or a high risk of one; welcomes the UN Secretary-General’s push for a global SDG stimulus package and calls for effective debt relief measures that make use of the full toolset available and include both ‘new lenders’ and private creditors; emphasises the need both for rapid debt relief, ending the “too little, too late”1asyndrome and unnecessary aggravation of debt situations, and for systemic changes towards a rules-based multilateral order capable of preventing new debt crises;Reiterates its call on the Commission, in consultation with all major international actors and the countries concerned, to draw up a genuine strategy to save developing countries from excessive indebtedness;Notes that the Common Debt Framework still does not provide concrete debt reliefand calls for an enhanced multilateraldebt relief initiative with an effective mechanism to engageprivate creditors, debt relief in return for SDG achievement and climate action (debt swaps) and measures to facilitate lender coordination on new loan contracts; _________________ 1a https://www.undp.org/publications/dfs- avoiding-too-little-too-late-international- debt-relief
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 421 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Points to the pertinence of its 2018 resolution “Enhancing developing countries’ debt sustainability”1a, which has only increased since new pressures and the lack of adequate action are now resulting in a new big debt crisis; Reaffirms the calls made in this resolution for the systematic consideration of resource needs in the context of human rights, including the right to development, and the prioritisation of these needs, for the establishment of an international debt repayment mechanism, for the transformation of the UNCTAD Principles to Promote Responsible Lending and Borrowing into legally binding and enforceable instruments, for the sanctioning of lenders who lend to manifestly corrupt governments or in violation of the law established by the national parliament of the borrowing state; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-8-2018-0104_EN.html
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 426 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21 b. Welcomes the UN Secretary- General’s push for a global SDG Stimulus to Deliver Agenda 2030 and calls for effective debt relief measures that make use of the full toolset available and include both ‘new lenders’ and private creditors; calls for a collective response from the EU and its Member States to the SDG Stimulus initiative; calls also on the Commission to start without delay parallel preparation of proposals for such a plan;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 435 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Reiterates its support for private sector engagement to increase developmental investments in developing countries, but also warns of the risks involved, for example the erosion of universal access to quality public services or the overcompensation of private investors; Notes with great concern that the overall evidence of the development effectiveness of subsidising private investment remains weak;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 443 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22 b. Insists that Official Development Assistance (ODA), as defined in the OECD, should always have as its primary objective the promotion of the economic development and welfare of developing countries; Stresses that the principles of development effectiveness should be followed, that human rights must be fully respected by all actors benefiting from blended finance and guarantees, and that the private sector entities involved must have a transparent ownership structure, practice country-specific reporting and refrain from tax avoidance; Calls on the Commission to ensure full transparency in private sector cooperation so that it is open to effective stakeholder, parliamentary and public scrutiny;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 446 #

2023/2010(INI)

22 c. Highlights that the NDICI-Global Europe mid-term review provides an opportunity to assess the EU’s contribution to achieve the SDGs worldwide and reaffirms its support towards the Agenda 2030 by setting out clear and measurable commitments for the coming years;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 468 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Suggests that the UN should push all Member States to support the introduction of concrete timelines and implementation plans that are binding for the signatory states towards 2030 and beyond; Furthermore calls on the UN to prepare a post-Agenda 2030 strategy well ahead of time;
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 469 #

2023/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission as well as to the Secretary General of the United Nations and the President of the United Nations General Assembly .
2023/03/31
Committee: DEVEENVI
Amendment 2 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard the Humanitarian Partnership 2021-2027 and its goal to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian aid;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 9 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
– having regard to the UN Security Council Resolution 2664 (2022) on a Humanitarian Exemption to asset freeze measures imposed by United Nations Sanctions Regimes;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 10 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
– having regard to the Grand Bargain agreement signed on 23 May 2016, to the annual independent reports thereon, in particular the 2021 report, and to the Grand Bargain 2.0 framework and the annexes thereto presented at the Grand Bargain annual meeting of 15-17 June 2021, as well as the renewed commitments at the Grand Bargain annual meeting of 19-20 June 2023;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 12 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to the Climate and Environment Charter for humanitarian organizations and the Donors’ Declaration on climate and the environment of March 2022;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 18 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas humanitarian crises are becoming more protracted and complex, and are causing global spillover effects; whereas increasing numbers of conflicts, climate change hazards and their impacts and the COVID-19 pandemic have created more economic vulnerability and displacement, resulting in even greater needs; whereas these crises have significantly risen inequalities;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 26 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas innovative structural solutions are needed to address global humanitarian challenges and ensuring the humanitarian system is more agile, prepared for and responsive to humanitarian crisis, more gender- inclusive, locally-led and accountable; whereas these solutions should focus on ensuring sufficient and quality funding, implementing effectively the humanitarian- development-peace nexus (triple nexus) approach and creating an enabling humanitarian environment for humanitarian workers and organisations; whereas efforts to address current and future humanitarian challenges must be guided by a people-centred approach, especially with regard to women, children and persons with disabilities; whereas the role and participation of local actors and first responders in humanitarian responses must be recognised and supported; whereas it is estimated that over 40% of the half a million humanitarian workers who provide frontline care during emergencies, wars and disasters, are women;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 40 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls urgently on the Commission and the Member States to substantially increase their humanitarian aid budgets to respond to humanitarian needs, which are at a record high, without compromising on the development budget; reiterates its call on the Member States to allocate a fixed share of their gross national incomes to humanitarian aid; supports, in this regard, the Council conclusions of 22 May 2023 encouraging the Member States to devote 10 % of their official development assistance to humanitarian action and calls for their swift implementation; calls on the Commission and Member States to set ambitious targets and to create roadmaps for gradually increasing official development assistance to meet the final target;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 44 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that closing the funding gap is a global responsibility; reiterates, therefore, the need to expand the humanitarian resource base by promoting the greater involvement of non-traditional donor countries with major economic potential and by mobilising private funding, accompanied by follow-up mechanisms, in full respect of humanitarian principles; of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 56 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned about the imbalances in funding between crises and within sectors and warns of the consequences of chronic underfunding on the most vulnerable; notes that in 2022, only 27.7 % of the humanitarian appeal for El Salvador was funded compared to 94.5 % of the humanitarian appeal for the Central African Republic, reflecting that funding imbalances can result in some appeals receiving as much as three times more funding than others; notes the critical and continuous underfunding of the protection and gender based violence sectors, which highly impacts on access to services of people in need; calls for more equitable, needs-based distribution of funding to ensure that no one is left behind; calls on the Commission to develop a more harmonised approach to forgotten crises and to report on its commitment to allocate 15 % of its initial annual humanitarian budget to forgotten crises and prevent the transfer of resources from already underfunded crises; calls on the Council to better coordinate the Member States’ attention and support for these crises;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 60 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support and implement the G7 foreign ministers statement on anticipatory action and invest an increased part of the humanitarian funding for early warning and anticipatory action ; invites the Commission and the Member States to strengthen existing and currently developed early warning systems (IPC, FEWSNET and local ones) to enhance and disseminate the evidence base for a political warning and triggering of an adequate government, donor and partner response to prevent IPC 2 levels deteriorating into IPC 3, 4 or 5;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 64 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to provide more quality funding through flexible, unearmarked, softly earmarked and multiannual funding that is tailored to local contexts, prioritising protracted crises where predictability is critical, needs-based and people-centred; highlights the need to harmonise and simplify donors’ contracting procedures; applications, contracting, grants management and reporting procedures; calls on the Commission and Member States to allocate increased direct funding to NGOs who are able to more efficiently and cost-effectively utilise funding; calls for greater transparency regarding the recipients and amounts of funding on the ECHO website;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 73 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Welcomes the Commission commitment to allocate 25% of humanitarian funding to local and national actors and responders; calls on the EC and Member States to monitor and report on the implementation of this commitment;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 80 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the triple nexus is key to addressing context-specific needs in complex and protracted crises, and in building resilience to future crises, in order to improve coherence and complementary of responses in line with humanitarian principles; insists on more visibilitynexus-specific funding, visibility, coordination, and knowledge-sharing among stakeholders when applying the triple nexus approach, including through better involvement of local actors;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 85 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to ensure the effective implementation of the triple nexus across its policies and structures and to regularly report on its implementation; calls for the promotion of more joint assessments, analysis and planning across different funding instruments, especially at country level; notes the potential of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation – Global Europe instrument (NDICI-GE) to put the triple nexus approach into practice; calls for better coordination between the Commission’s Directorate-General for International Partnerships and, the Directorate- General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations and the European External Action Service in implementing the rapid response pillar of NDICI-GE, in order to ensure that their responses complement one another;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 88 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to respond to and implement the recommendations from the INTPA- commissioned study on the nexus entitled “HDP nexus: challenges and opportunities for its implementation,” particularly on the recommendation to monitor the implementation of the nexus across the relevant services;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 101 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for climate funding to be scaled up in order to prevent, mitigate and respond to the alarming impact of climate change on humanitarian crises; is concerned that NDICI-GE expenditure with a climate objective falls far short of the commitment that such expenditure should represent 30 % of NDICI-GE’s overall financial envelope; calls on the Commission to scale this up without delay, focusing in particular on locally-led adaptation in least developed countries;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 107 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need to localise disaster risk reduction, climate preparedness, adaptation and response, build, recognise and utilise the capacities of local actors and communities and ensure the climate resilience of the most vulnerable groups;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 109 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for donors and Member States to adopt and implement the Humanitarian Aid Donors’ Declaration on Climate and the Environment by increasing their funding for disaster prevention, preparedness, anticipatory action, and response; calls for humanitarian actors to sign onto and implement the Climate Charter for humanitarian organisations, to maximise the environmental sustainability of their work;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 114 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the importance of building human resilience by enhancing protection and minimizing the risks people face in a crisis and ensuring full respect of their rights while supporting access to education and health services and pre-crisis capacity building; emphasises the need to involve the affected people and local communities inand local/national humanitarian actors in coordination structures, implementing early warning systems, conducting needs assessments and determining and monitoring the humanitarian response;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 118 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Highlights the role and importance of local formal and informal civil society organisations in the humanitarian response; calls on the Commission and Member States to guarantee their inclusion and participation in all processes in line with the Guidelines on Promoting Equitable Partnerships with Local Responders in Humanitarian Settings published by the Commission;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 123 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Asks the Commission to better address the needs of vulnerable groups in humanitarian responses, including minorities, children, women, the elderly, and particularly persons with disabilities and intersectional vulnerabilities; encourages the use of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s disability marker to track the progress made in humanitarian action; calls on the Commission to support the External Action Service in order to update the EU guidelines on children and armed conflict and ensure their implementation;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 129 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that the number of forcibly displaced persons worldwide is at a record high; calls for the EU and the global community to support refugees, internally displaced people and their host communities, including those forced to flee due the impacts of climate change, and to work for durable solutions, in particular in forgotten crises; calls on the Commission and Member States to report on and reiterate the commitments made under the Global Compact for Refugees to ensure that the global responsibility to host refugees is shared more fairly;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 132 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines that existing structural gender inequalities are exacerbated during crises and that therefore, women and girls, as well as the most marginalised groups that suffer different and intersecting forms of discrimination are disproportionately affected by conflicts, natural disasters or climate change hazards; deplores the increase in gender- based violence in humanitarian settings and stresses the need to prevent it; underlines that the specific needs and rights of these groups should be addressed in all humanitarian responses;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 137 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the EU and the Member States to take positive action on gender mainstreaming in humanitarian action, given that women and girls are the most likely victims of conflicts and natural disasters but also agents of change; underlines the need to accelerate the implementation of the EU Gender Action Plan; deplores the increase in gender-based violence in humanitarian settings and stresses the need to prevent it;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 145 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Insists on the need to reinforce the centrality and protection of international humanitarian law, international human rights law and humanitarian principles in the EU’s external action; invites the Commission to develop a humanitarian diplomacy strategy together with the Member States, ensuring that this strategy advocates the protection of civilians, compliance with international humanitarian law and respect for humanitarian principles;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 147 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the European Union and the Member States to use all of their political influence to promote and uphold IHL, protect civilians and support humanitarian access to allow disaster affected people to access humanitarian aid as civilians must be better protected and not become intentional, accidental, or collateral victims of conflicts;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 152 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Strongly condemns war crimes and serious violations of international humanitarian law; calls for all perpetrators to be held accountable and for victims to receive reparations; deplores the rise in attacks on civilians, humanitarian personneland medical personnel and critical infrastructure, inlcuding hospitals and schools, worldwide and insists on the need to increase protection measures for civilians, humanitarian and medical workers, critical infrastructures and preventing sexual exploitation and abuse within the humanitarian workers; condemns discriminatory policies, such as the ban on female humanitarian workers in Afghanistan;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 162 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2664 (201622) introducing a humanitarian exemption in UN sanction regimes; calls for the EU to further align with the global standard set by UN Security Council Resolution 2664 (2016) and to22); calls the Commission to carry out analysis of the impact of sanctions on the delivery of humanitarian aid and subsequently adopt standing humanitarian exemptions in its autonomous sanction regimes in order to facilitate humanitarian activities in contexts affected by armed conflict, as required by international humanitarian law; furthermore insists on the need to include a standing humanitarian exemption in the future Directive on the definition of criminal offences and penalties for the violation of Union restrictive measures in order to ensure that humanitarian activities are not criminalized under EU sanction regimes and that humanitarian workers are protected in the contexts where EU sanctions apply; calls on the European Commission to work closely with financial institutions and humanitarian actors to ensure that administrative barriers including de-risking over- compliance are addressed to enable the delivery of humanitarian aid;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 174 #

2023/2000(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the importance of supporting local actors in line with the Grand Bargain commitment to making principled humanitarian action as local as possible; invitpraises the Commission and the Member States to furole that local and national organisations and first responders play in humanitarian responses and the support they provide to people in the most acute needs; welcomes the EC guidance note on equitable parthner developships and ECHO’s commitment to advance their localisation strategies in close collaboration with humanitarian partners, and to ensure an adequate sharing of riskagenda in the Grand Bargain discussions; calls on the European Commission and Member States for the full and meaningful implementation of the commitments enshrined in guidance note, ensuring accountability for the commitments made, a proper support to its partners as well as a fair sharing of risks with intermediate and local partner organisations;
2023/07/19
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 17 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
(1) The Union and individual Member States are facing shortages in a wide range of sectors and occupations, including in those relevant for the green and digital transitions. Extensive shortages in construction, healthcare, hospitality, transport, information and communications technology and in science technology, engineering and mathematics, are long- standing and have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the acceleration of the green and, digital and social transitions. Labour shortages are expected to persist and potentially aggravate in the light of demographic challenges.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 18 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The EU Talent Pool should contribute to SDG 5 on Gender Equality by promoting the inclusion of women in all sectors and occupations, avoiding gender-segregation and following the policy framework of the Gender Action Plan III.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 19 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) The EU Talent Pool should take into consideration that access to internet is low in some developing regions, such as Sub-Saharan Africa, and consider that this may hinder the participation of potential jobseekers.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 20 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 c (new)
(1c) The EU Talent Pool should promote skills-based migration that relies on genuine partnerships and contributes to sustainable development for all. Thus, the perspective of participating third countries should be taken into consideration, particularly as regards potential consequences on brain-drain which can lead to third countries losing the human capital they economically invested in; as well as possible consequences on family disintegration that could contribute to the 'left-behind' children phenomenon and the loss of care resources, therefore possibly worsening the care-drain.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 23 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
(2) Addressing labour shortages requires a comprehensive approach at Union and national level which includes, as a priority, better realising the full potential of groups with lower labour market participation, reskilling and upskilling the existing workforce, facilitating intra-EU labour mobility, as well as improving working conditions and the attractiveness of certain occupations. Due to the current scale of the labour market shortages and the demographic trends, measures targeting the domestic and Union workforce alone are likely to be insufficient to address existing and future labour and skills shortages. Therefore, legal migration through regular channels is key to complement those actions and must be part of the solution to fully support the twinriple transition.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 28 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) The EU Talent Pool should aim at supporting participating Member States to address existing and future skills and labour shortages via the recruitment of third country nationals to the extent the activation of the domestic workforce and intra-EU mobility are not sufficient to achieve this objective. As a voluntary tool to facilitate international recruitment, that should become compulsory with time, the EU Talent Pool should offer additional support at Union level to interested Member States. To this end, complementarity and interoperability with existing national initiatives and platforms should be ensured. Member States’ specific needs should be taken into account in the development of the EU Talent Pool in order to ensure the widest participation possible. Hence, ‘Talent’ is an encompassing term referring to the entire range of skills that might be needed by the Member States’ labour markets. Third country skills shortages should also be taken into account when defining the occupations for facilitating international recruitment so as not to aggravate brain- drain in critical sectors.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 31 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The EU Talent Pool aims at providing services to employers that are established in the participating Member States, including private employment agencies, temporary work agencies and labour market intermediaries as defined by the International Labour Organisation Convention 181 from 1997, as well as facilitating the participation of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 37 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) Synergies should be ensured, where appropriate, between the EU Talent Pool IT platform and other relevant instruments and services at Union level, including with regard to access to training materials such as the EU Academy and the Interoperable Europe Academy. Synergies should also be ensured with EU-funded education programmes in developing countries, such as the Global Partnership for Education, Education Cannot Wait and the Erasmus+ programme. The EU Talent Pool IT platform should be quickly and regularly adapted to new practices in technology and provide state-of-the-art IT services by introducing innovative features and tools.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 40 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
(16) The EU Talent Pool should contribute to the objective of discouraging irregular migration including by facilitating access to existing legal pathways, as well as boosting international mobility, skills development, contributing to human capital development by promoting decent work and social inclusion. Jobseekers from third countries who are subject to a judicial or administrative decision refusing the entry or stay in a Member State or an entry ban in accordance with Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council11 , should not be allowed to register their profiles in the EU Talent Pool IT platform, given that they will not be permitted to enter and stay in the Union. To this end, jobseekers from third countries should be required, before registering their profiles in the EU Talent Pool, to declare that they are not currently subject to a refusal of entry or stay in a Member State or an entry ban to the territory of the Union. Information should also be provided on the consequences for making a false declaration in this respect. __________________ 11 Directive 2008/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying third-country nationals (OJ L 348, 24.12.2008, p. 98, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2008/115/oj).
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 44 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
(17) Jobseekers from third countries wishing to register in the EU Talent Pool should create a profile using, where appropriate, the Europass12 profile builder functionality enabling to create a free profile without any pictures and report the relevant skills, qualifications, and other experiences in one secure online location. __________________ 12 Decision (EU) 2018/646 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 April 2018 on a common framework for the provision of better services for skills and qualifications (OJ L 112, 2.5.2018, p. 42, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2018/646/oj).
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 45 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) Eligibility and selection criteria should be transparent, non-discriminatory and promote equal-treatment, considering a wide-range of skills and capacities, and providing opportunities for persons with disabilities.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 46 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Where necessary, the recognition of qualifications and validation of skills of registered jobseekers from third countries should be conducted in the participating Member States upon request of the jobseeker or the employer in accordance with the national law and practices, and with any relevant international agreements, including Mutual Recognition Arrangements for professional qualifications. It should be considered that the process of recognition of qualifications and validation of skills varies between Member States, and that the participating Member States with less effective practices may take longer to process the information of registered jobseekers, which may negatively affect the functioning of the EU Talent Pool in some Member States. Therefore, the EU Talent Pool should serve as a tool to promote a smoother recognition of qualifications and validation of skills in the participating Member States. Personalised assistance and online information on existing recognition and validation procedures at national level should be available in the EU Talent Pool IT platform and it should be provided by the EU Talent Pool National Contact Points.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 47 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
(19) In the context of Talent Partnerships, nationals of selected third countries receive support for the development and validation of skills in a framework endorsed by Member States taking part in a Talent Partnership and partner countries. The selection of participating third countries in the Talent Partnerships should be fully transparent, with precise information on the functioning and outcome of the selection process. Therefore, the skills developed or validated in the framework of a Talent Partnership should be certified by the ‘EU Talent Partnership pass’ which is visible in the context of the EU Talent Pool. Employers participating in the EU Talent Pool should be able to filter the profiles of registered jobseekers from third countries as to visualise those having obtained an ‘EU Talent Partnership pass’. This could encourage employers to offer a job placement in the Union. Member States, in the framework of a Talent Partnership, should determine the conditions for the issuing of the ‘EU Talent Partnership pass’ for the purpose of the EU Talent Pool, including whether a partner country’s national authority, an international organisation or other stakeholder should support its deliver. The issuing of a ‘EU Talent Partnership pass’ is without prejudice to European and national rules on access to regulated professions.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 52 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) The International Labour Organisation (ILO) in its ‘General principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment’ sets out a number of standards on adequate protection of jobseekers from third countries against unfair recruitmentlawful recruitment, and, in particular, reiterates the principle that no recruitment fees or costs should be paid by workers or jobseekers. Employers should comply with applicable Union law and practice. Equal treatment of jobseekers from third countries with respect to nationals of the participating Member States should also be ensured by the employers in accordance with Directive 2011/9813 , Directive 2014/36/EU14 , Directive 2021/1883/EU15 , and Directive 2016/801/EU16 .and Directive 2000/78/EC16b In accordance with Directive 2019/1152/EU17 , employers participating in the EU Talent Pool should provide to registered jobseekers from third countries information in writing and in an understandable language (including in the official languages of third countries participating in the Talent Partnerships) on their rights and obligations resulting from the employment relationship at the start of the employment. This information should at least include the place and the type of work, the duration of employment, the remuneration, the working hours, the amount of any paid leave and, where applicable other relevant working conditions. An employer should neither charge any recruitment fee nor prohibit a worker from taking up employment with other employers, outside the work schedule established with that employer, nor subject a worker to adverse treatment for doing so. Employers participating in the EU Talent Pool should comply with Directive 96/71/EC18 as amended by Directive 2018/957 when posting workers in the framework of the provision of services, in particular with regard to the terms and conditions of employment thereby established such as the obligation that third country workers can only be posted to a Member State if they are legally and habitually employed in another Member State. Employers should be required to declare that they uphold fair recruitment according to international labour standards when registering a vacancy. The principle that no workers or jobseekers should pay recruitment fees or related costs should be clearly stated in the platform and on job vacancies. Pro- active monitoring of employers’ compliance should be assured by the National Contact Points in coordination with social partners as relevant. __________________ 13 Directive 2011/98/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on a single application procedure for a single permit for third- country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State (OJ L 343, 23.12.2011, p. 1–9, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/98/oj). 14 Directive 2014/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the conditions of entry and stay of third-country nationals for the purpose of employment as seasonal workers OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 375, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/36/oj). 15 Directive (EU) 2021/1883 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2021 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purpose of highly qualified employment, and repealing Council Directive 2009/50/EC, OJ L 382, 28.10.2021, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2021/1883/oj). 16 Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, training, voluntary service, pupil exchange schemes or educational projects and au pairing (recast) (OJ L 132, 21.5.2016, p. 21, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2016/801/oj). 16b Directive 2000/78/EC of the Council of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation (OJ L 303, 2.12.2000, p. 16–22, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2000/78/oj). 17 Directive (EU) 2019/1152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union (OJ L 186, 11.7.2019, p. 105, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/1152/oj). 18 Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services (OJ L 18, 21.1.1997, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1996/71/oj).
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 62 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) The EU Talent Pool platform should meet established needs on the labour market, while promoting employment stability and combating precarity, and should not serve as a means to displace or negatively affect the existing workforce or otherwise undermine decent work or fair competition. To better support Member States’ efforts in addressing existing and future labour shortages, the EU Talent Pool should target specific occupations at all skills levels, based on the most common shortage occupations in the Union while taking into account the possible risk of brain-drain and care- drain from developing countries and on the occupations with a direct contribution to the green and digital transitions, set out in the Annex to this Regulation. In order to adapt the job vacancies to the specific needs of the national labour markets and taking as a starting point the list of EU- wide shortage occupations set out in the Annex, participating Member States shall be allowed to notify to the EU Talent Pool Secretariat the addition or removal of specific shortage occupations. Such notifications should only impact the matches for job vacancies submitted by the respective Member State. Neither the list of EU-wide shortage occupations nor the Member States’ notifications should affect the principle of preference for Union citizens.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 64 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) Participating Member States should make information concerning the EU Talent Pool and its functioning easily accessible to jobseekers from third countries and employers through information campaigns, in particular with regard to information on the competent authorities in the participating Member States. Such information should include the conditions and procedures for the participation in the EU Talent Pool.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 65 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
(27) The EU Talent Pool Secretariat should ensure that easily accessible information on immigration procedures, recognition of qualifications and validation of skills, third country nationals’ rights, including labour and trade union rights, living and working conditions as well as available redress mechanisms for cases of labour exploitation and unfair recruitment practices in the participating Member States is available on the EU Talent Pool IT platform, following IOM standards. The EU Talent Pool National Contact Points should provide the relevant information with the EU Talent Pool Secretariat in order to allow its publication on the EU Talent Pool IT platform. Online information on support available to jobseekers in need of international protection who are in third countries should also be available on the EU Talent Pool IT platform. Support measures put in place by the Member States cshould include specific information campaigns, support to obtain a travel document, and integration support upon arrival, including existing state assistance services for migrants.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 69 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) Information provided on the EU Talent Pool IT platform should be made available at least in the official languages of the participating Member States, and in official languages of third countries participating in the Talent Partnership.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 71 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
(29) The Delegations of the European Union should support the provision of information to jobseekers from third countries on the EU Talent Pool and its functioning, as well as the participating Member States, in collaboration with organisations of Europeans living abroad and migrant organisations in the EU. Considering the low access to private internet connection in some developing countries and regions, jobseekers who wish to create a profile in the EU Talent Pool should be able to do it, when possible, physically in the Delegations of the European Union in third countries.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 72 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
(30) Upon request from registered jobseekers from third countries and employers participating in the EU Talent Pool, the EU Talent Pool National Contact Points could provide additional supportThe EU Talent Pool National Contact Points should provide additional support to promote fair recruitment and offer easy access to information and to the navigation on the platform or to complete online procedures and thereby reduce workers’ dependency on private and sometimes informal intermediaries for such tasks. Additional support should include tailored information on relevant visas and residence permits for work purposes in the participating Member State including with regard to third country nationals’ rights and obligations such as access to social benefits, health assistance, education, and housing. Specific guidance and information mayshould also be provided on family reunification procedures and family members’ rights, and existing measures to facilitate integration in the host Member State such as language courses and vocational training. Such information should also include available redress mechanisms for cases of labour exploitation and unfair recruitment practices in the participating Member States, as well as contact information of relevant institutional bodies and other organisations that can provide support to file a complaint. The EU Talent Pool National Contact Points should provide information to employers participating in the EU Talent Pool on their rights and obligations relating to social security, active labour market measures, taxation, issues relating to work contracts, pension entitlements and health insurance. Clear and accessible information and guidance should be provided to jobseekers as well as employers throughout the recruitment process.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 76 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) Participating Member States should implement this Regulation in full compliance with all EU Charter of Fundamental Rights obligations and in particular without discrimination on the basis of sex, race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, languages, religious or belief, political or any other opinions, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age or, sexual orientation, as well as on the basis of socio-cultural background or gender identity. The respect of fair and just working conditions and the protection of young people at work should be ensured.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 89 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) collecting relevant data for monitoring the performance of the EU Talent Pool pursuant to Article 20, including gender, age and disability disaggregated data, and on the impacts of this Regulation on developing countries, especially regarding the brain-drain and care-drain phenomenon, and its impact on reducing inequalities and guaranteeing decent work and economic growth;
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 92 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) Making sure that the EU Talent Pool National Contact Points provide sufficient information and support services to registered jobseekers from third countries and employers participating in the EU Talent Pool in accordance with Article 17;
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 93 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
(fb) Guaranteeing that information about the EU Talent Pool is delivered efficiently to potential jobseekers from third countries, by engaging with refugee communities (inside and outside of the EU), with organisations responsible for refugee reception and integration, employers’ associations, trade unions, and other bodies responsible for employment relationships;
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 94 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) facilitating the gathering of data relevant for the monitoring activities of the EU Talent Pool referred to in Article 20, in coordination with the European External Action Service, responsible for the Delegations of the EU in third countries;
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 96 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The EU Talent Pool Steering Group shall meet twice a year, or on ad-hoc basis when necessary. The meetings shall be convened and chaired by the Commission and with presence of the European External Action Service.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 98 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. Representatives of the cross- industry social partners organisations at Union level shall have the right to participate as observers in the meetings of the EU Talent Pool Steering Group. Representation of two participants from trade union, two participants from relevant civil society organisations and two participants from employer organisations shall be ensured by the EU Talent Pool Steering Group. Those representatives shall sign a written statement declaring that they are not in a situation of conflict of intereste selection of the participants from trade union, civil society and employer organisations shall be fully transparent and reflect the diversity present in all sectors. Those representatives shall sign a written statement declaring that they are not in a situation of conflict of interest. In addition, the Steering Group shall also establish consultations with other relevant stakeholders from third countries, including local civil society organisations.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 103 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) Ensuring that employers participating in the EU Talent Pool are respecting provisions pursuant to Article 13 (3) and are promoting equal treatment and non-discrimination of workers and jobseekers from third countries on the basis of gender, ethnic or social origin, socio-cultural background, genetic features, languages, religious belief, political or any other opinions, membership of a national minority, property, birth, disability, age, sexual orientation or gender identity by doing the necessary labour inspections. Attention should be especially given to occupations with higher rates of labour exploitation, such as care services, cleaning services and domestic work, hospitality, retail and transportation.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 106 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The EU Talent Pool National Contact Points from each participating Member State shall be regularly convened by the EU Talent Pool Secretariat in the Network of the EU Talent Pool National Contact Points to exchange information and best practices on the implementation of this Regulation and should issue public communications about the progress in implementing the Regulation.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 107 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. Jobseekers from third countries may create their profiles, where appropriate, via the Europass profile builder in order to register on the EU Talent Pool IT platform. The profiles on the EU Talent Pool IT platform should not include pictures of the jobseekers.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 108 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The creation of the profile via the Europass profile builder should not constitute a prerequisite for potential jobseekers to register in the EU Talent Pool IT platform.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 109 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. When possible, jobseekers who wish to create a profile in the EU Talent Pool should be able to do it physically in the Delegations of the European Union in third countries.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 110 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. The ‘EU Talent Partnership pass’ shall be visible on the EU Talent Pool IT platform and shall contain information on one or more of the following elements, without including pictures of the jobseekers:
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 116 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Employers participating in the EU Talent Pool shall comply with the relevant Union and national law and practice to ensure third-country nationals’ protection against unfair recruitment and inadequate working conditions as well as non-discrimination, and to be up to date with their tax obligations. Participating Member States may introduce additional conditions for the employers’ participation in the EU Talent Pool to ensure compliance with other relevant national practices, collective agreements and the principles and guidelines set out by the International Labour Organisation, in compliance with Union law.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 117 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Employers participating in the EU Talent Pool shall not charge fees or related costs to registered jobseekers from third countries for the purpose of the recruitment. A clear statement that no recruitment fees or costs are charged to workers should be made visible in job vacancies.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 122 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) occupations which contribute directly to the EU green, social and digital transitions and which are likely to grow in importance, with special attention to professional care work.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 123 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The EU Talent Pool Secretariat shall publish the list of the EU-wide shortage occupations on the EU Talent Pool IT platform and should review the list regularly to make sure it reflects the changes in shortages over the years.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 131 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
The EU Talent Pool Secretariat, with the support of the EU Talent Pool National Contact Points and the European External Action Service, shall make available, on the EU Talent Pool IT platform, the following information:
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 132 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) information concerning recruitment and immigration procedures, recognition of qualifications and validation of skills, rights of third country nationals, including with regard to available redress mechanismaccess to justice and redress mechanisms, and support organisations as well as information on living and working conditions in the participating Member States;
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 136 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) specific information on third- country nationals’ rights and obligations including access to social benefits, health assistance, education, housing, recognition of qualifications and the complaint mechanism pursuant to Article 18, as well as information on best practices for managing remittances to reduce transaction costs under the concept of co- development;
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 140 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) information on assistance available to third country nationals that at the end of their working contract with an employer participating in the EU Talent Pool wish to stay in the Member State of reception;
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 142 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Participating Member States shall ensure that there are gender-responsive, fair, affordable and effective mechanisms through which registered jobseekers from third countries may lodge complaints in case of breach by the employers participating in the EU Talent Pool of the obligations and conditions laid down in Article 13(3).
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 144 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The EU Talent Pool IT Platform shall feature a directly accessible complaint mechanism for registered jobseekers against unlawful recruitment as well as abusive employment practices, indicating the relevant institutional body or organisation they should refer to.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 152 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The performance of the EU Talent Pool shall be regularly monitored by the EU Talent Pool Secretariat in accordance with Article 8(2), point (e). In particular, gender, age and disability disaggregated data shall be gathered on:
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 153 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) the impact of the regulation on developing countries through clear indicators that measure its impact on SDG 5 on gender equality, SDG 8 on decent work and economic growth and SDG 10 on reduced inequalities.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 157 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3
3. The EU Talent Pool Secretariat shall gather the data referred to in paragraph 1 with the support of the EU Talent Pool National Contact Points and the EU Talent Pool Steering Group and the Delegations of the European Union.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 158 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee established by this Regulation. That Committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 and should include relevant civil society stakeholders.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 159 #

2023/0404(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. By 31.12.203127 and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the application of this Regulation, taking into account its impact on the objectives of EU development cooperation in line with the principle of Policy Coherence for Development and the advancements of the SDGs in participating third countries, especially SDG 5 on Gender Equality, SDG 8 on Decent Work and Economic Growth and SDG 10 on Reduced Inequalities.
2024/02/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 74 #

2023/0264(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights the vital role that Horizon Europe plays in supporting research and innovation and in helping to turn research results and innovative ideas into products and services that boost the global competitiveness of EU business; recalls that the programme remains heavily over-subscribed and is therefore unable to support a large number of research projects evaluated as ‘excellent’; proposes, therefore, to increase allocations for the programme by a total of EUR 140 million compared to the DB (excluding the STEP- related increases), with reinforcements for the European Research Council, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and Clusters ‘Health’, ‘Culture’ ‘Climate, Energy and Mobility’ and ‘Food’; highlights the importance of additional funding for dedicated and targeted research on Long Covid, Post Vac and ME/CFS, in order to finance translational research, clinical trials and pivotal studies also in cooperation with pharmaceutical industry, including through private public partnerships;
2023/09/29
Committee: BUDG
Amendment 28 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) In order to diversify the Union's supply of strategic raw materials, the Commission should, with the support of the Board, identify Strategic Projects in third countries that intend to become active in the extraction, processing or recycling of strategic raw materials. To ensure that such Strategic Projects are effectively implemented, they should benefit from improved access to finance and to financial guarantee mechanisms in place. In order to ensure their added value, projects should be assessed against a set of criteria. Like projects in the Union, Strategic Projects in third countries should strengthen the Union's security of supply for strategic raw materials, show sufficient technical feasibility and be implemented sustainably, in compliance with due diligence processes as defined by EU legislation and OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, addressing adverse impacts on human rights and environmental, rule of law and good governance. For projects in emerging markets and developing economies, the project should be mutually beneficial for the Union and the third country involved and add value in that country, taking into account also its consistency with the Union’s common commercial policy as well as the principle of Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) as laid down in Article 208 TFEU. Such value may be derived from the project’s contribution to more than one stage of the whole value chain, including raw material processing, as well as from creating through the project wider economic and social benefits, including the creation of employment in compliance with international standards and with the core labour standards of the International Labour Organisation. Where the Commission assesses these criteria to be fulfilled, it should publish the recognition as a Strategic Project in a decision.
2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 32 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The definition of mutually beneficial partnerships with third countries requires an overall effort and a competitive model different from other global players. This model should not be based on the exploitation of resources, but should consider the export and processing of raw materials as part of comprehensive organic and long-term agreements. The European strategy should take into account that the extraction of these raw materials can have a considerable impact on the territories where it takes place, both from an environmental point of view and in terms of respect for human and labour rights, and therefore different modalities should be put in place in order to avoid and mitigate these impacts. In this sense it is essential to ensure greater involvement of local communities in the definition of impacts and their mitigation, as well as in governance and in the definition of a more beneficial value chain.
2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 34 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 b (new)
(10b) The secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials is strongly linked to the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular in order to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy, to promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation and to combat climate change and its impacts. For this reason it is fundamental to connect the European strategy to a global standards framework. In particular, the United Nations Framework Resource Classification (UNFC) and the United Nations Resource Management System (UNRMS) are important references for the identification of raw materials and for the definition of a framework for integrated resource management that can help both countries and companies to address sustainability challenges.
2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 37 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) In order to ensure the sustainability of increased raw material production, new raw materials projects should be implemented sustainably. To that end, the Strategic Projects receiving support under this Regulation should be assessed taking into account international instruments covering all aspects of sustainability highlighted in the EU principles for sustainable raw materials31, including ensuring environmental protection, good governance processes including full involvement of local communities and Civil Society Organisations,socially responsible practices, including respect for human and socialrights such as the rights of women, andchildren and workers, as well astransparent business practices. Projects should also ensure engagement in good faith as well as comprehensive and meaningful consultations with local communities, including with indigenous peoples, as laid out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights ofIndigenous Peoples. To provide project promoters with a clear and efficient way of complying with this criterion, compliance with relevant Union legislation, international standards, guidelines and principles or participation in a certification scheme recognised under this Regulation should be considered sufficient. _________________ 31 European Commission, Directorate- General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, EU principles for sustainable raw materials, Publications Office, 2021, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2873/27875
2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 53 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
(28) In order to overcome the limitations of the currently often fragmented public and private investments efforts, facilitate integration and return on investment, the Commission, Member States and promotional banks should better coordinate and create synergies between the existing funding programmes at Union and national level as well as ensure better coordination and collaboration with industry and key private sector stakeholders. To that end, a dedicated sub-group of the Board bringing together experts from the Member States and the Commission as well as relevant public financial institutions should be set up. This sub-group should discuss the individual financing needs of Strategic Projects and their existing funding possibilities in order to provide project promoters with a suggestion on how to best access existing financing possibilities. When discussing and making recommendations for the financing of Strategic Projects in third countries, the Board should in particular take into account the Global Gateway strategy42, that is a key reference for financing and securing investments and loans to support the creation of strategic partnerships aimed at improving supply of strategic raw materials within the framework of comprehensive partnerships. _________________ 42 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank The Global Gateway (JOIN/2021/30 final).
2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 56 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) Global Gateway strategy intervention on strategic partnerships should comply with objectives, general principles and policy framework of NDICI - Global Europe regulation and in particular with the objectives of the European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+) to foster sustainable and inclusive economic, environmental and social development, transition into sustainable value-added economy and a stable investment environment. This concerns internationally agreed guidelines, principles and conventions on investment, including the UN Principles for Responsible Investment, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, ILO conventions, international human rights law and the development effectiveness principles.
2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 57 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 b (new)
(28b) Funding and guarantees of investments and loans aimed at supporting the creation of strategic partnerships fall under the democratic control and scrutiny process of the European Parliament, which receives timely advance and ex post information about the guidelines and progresses of strategic partnerships and assesses their consistency with the overall objectives.
2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 59 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
(37) So as to ensure further coordination, the Commission should ensure necessary consultation ahead of Member States’ participation in international fora where such strategic stocks may be discussed, ensuring consistency with a single European strategy, notably via the dedicated standing sub-group of the Board. Similarly, in order to increase complementarity between the present proposal and other horizontal or subject- specific instruments, the Commission should ensure that the gathered and aggregated information are passed to vigilance or crisis governance mechanisms, such as the proposed Single Market Emergency Instrument's advisory group, the proposed Chips Act's European Semiconductor Board, the HERA Board or the Health Crisis Board.
2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 67 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
(54) The Union has concluded Strategic Partnerships covering raw materials with third countries in order to implement the 2020 Action Plan on Critical Raw Materials. In order to diversify supply, these efforts should continue. To develop and ensure a coherent framework for the conclusion of future partnerships, the Member States and the Commission should, as part of their interaction on the Board and with full involvement of European Parliament, discuss and ensure coordination on, inter alia, whether existing partnerships achieve the intended aims, the prioritisation of third countries for new partnerships, the content of such partnerships and their coherence and potential synergies between Member States' bilateral cooperation with relevant third countries. The Union should seek mutually beneficial partnerships with emerging market and developing economies, reflecting a model of sustainable development that respects environmental standards, human and labour rights, the strife for diversification in developing countries and foresee a key role for local communities in coherence with its Global Gateway strategy, which contribute to the diversification of its raw materials supply chain as well as add value in the production in these countries.
2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 96 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) for projects in third countries that are emerging markets or developing economies, the project would be mutually beneficial for the Union and the third country concerned by adding value in that country and reflecting a model of sustainable development that respects enviromental standards, human and labour rights and foresee a key role for local communities.
2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 127 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Board shall periodically discuss and [within 1 year after entry into force of this Regulation] and from then on, each year present a report on:
2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 131 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)
(iiia) establishing mutually beneficial relationships to foster sustainable and inclusive economic, environmental and social development, the transition to a sustainable value-added economy and a stable investment environment;
2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 135 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the coherence and potential synergies between Member States’ bilateral cooperation with relevant third countries and the actions carried out by the Union in the context of Strategic Partnerships;
2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 145 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) whether a third country's regulatory framework ensures the monitoring, prevention and minimisation of environmental impacts, the use of socially responsible practices including, the due respect of human and labour rights and, meaningful engagement with local communities and their role in the governance, the use of transparent and responsible business practices, in compliance with due diligence processes as defined by EU legislation and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the prevention of adverse impacts on the proper functioning of public administration, good governance practices and the rule of law;
2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 152 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
(iii) whether there are existing cooperation agreements between a third country and the Union and, for emerging markets and developing economies, the potential for the deployment of Global Gateway investment projects and the existing use of EU funding and financial tools, in line with Union policies and the Sustainable Development Goals.
2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 155 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iv
(iv) for emerging markets and developing economies, whether and how a partnership could contribute to local value additionsocial and environmental progress and to in-country value creation as well as local value addition, including downstream and processing activities, and would be mutually beneficial for the partner country and the Union.
2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 164 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. The Board shall, in the context of paragraph 1 and in so far as relates to emerging market and developing economies, ensure cooperation and coherence with other relevant coordination fora, including those established as part of the Global Gateway strategy.
2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 165 #

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The European Parliament shall receive timely advance and ex post information about the guidelines and progress on strategic partnerships, assesses their consistency with the overall objectives, general principles and policy framework of EU legislation and policies and scrutinise funding and financial instruments aimed at supporting the creation of strategic partnerships.
2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 12 #

2022/2195(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the EU has allocated EUR 76 million for the first four years (2021- 2024) of its seven-year Multi-Annual Indicative Programme 2021-2027 for Uzbekistan, with an additional EUR 7 million earmarked for supporting human rights and civil society organisations; whereas the EU has contributed over EUR 5.2 million to the UN Multi-Partner Human Security Trust Fund for the Aral Sea Region under the European Green Deal; whereas the EU committed of planting over 27 000 trees in 2022, in cooperation with the Uzbek government's attempts to reclaim the land from the Aralkum desert;
2023/04/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 54 #

2022/2195(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the completion of negotiations on the EU-Uzbekistan EPCA agreement, which creates a new, modern and ambitious framework for deepening bilateral relations; reiterates that the agreement puts a strong emphasis on shared values, democracy and the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms, and sustainable development; notes that it also lays the groundwork for enhanced cooperation in foreign and security policy, including on issues such as regional stability, digital connectivity, international cooperation and conflict prevention; welcomes the granting of GSP+ status to Uzbekistan and encourages effective implementation of the 27 core international conventions;
2023/04/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 62 #

2022/2195(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the ambitious reforms planned under the Development Strategy of New Uzbekistan for 2022-2026, which aims to achieve genuine change in the country in socioeconomic development, efficient administration and respect for human rights; stresses that the constitutional reform is an opportunity to strengthen the rule of law and to give the reforms a solid legal foundation with access to free and open internet and media; calls on the authorities of Uzbekistan to continue this process in consultation with citizens and stakeholders, including the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe , based on international norms and best practices;
2023/04/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 68 #

2022/2195(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges the challenges that Uzbekistan is facing, considering the current geopolitical situation, as the government attempts to diversify its economic and trade dependencies on Russia and seeks to encourage greater cooperation with its European partners;
2023/04/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 72 #

2022/2195(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Recognises Uzbek foreign policy principles of abstention of military alliances, refusal to deploy troops beyond its national territories or host foreign military bases, and non-intervention in the internal affairs of foreign countries; commends Uzbekistan's role in multilateral formats, including its important initiatives in the framework of the UN and other international organizations to address contemporary regional and global issues; encourages Uzbekistan to continue its efforts towards WTO accession, and welcomes the technical support provided by the EU in this regard;
2023/04/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 75 #

2022/2195(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that Uzbekistan is uniquely positioned to be the driving force for regional cooperation that would help Central Asia become a more resilient, prosperous and more closely interconnected economic and political space; encourages the EU to intensify its political, economic and security engagements with Central Asia in line with its geostrategic importance; underlines the great potential of mutually beneficial cooperation on sustainable and digital connectivity, in particular through its Global Gateway on initiative, energy, water and security, while supporting new supply-chain hubs in Uzbekistan for regional integration; recognises Uzbekistan's stance against the use of energy leverage by Russia in the region and for openly rejecting Russian attempts to gain political advantages through the provision of gas;
2023/04/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 82 #

2022/2195(INI)

4. Recognises that Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and its implications present both challenges and opportunities for Uzbekistan and other Central Asian states, which have traditionally maintained close relations with Russia; regrets that Uzbekistan has not condemned Russia's military invasion of Ukraine; notes that Uzbekistan abstained in the votes on the United Nations General Assembly resolutions on Ukraine, in particular those of 2 March 2022, 24 March 2022 and 23 February 2023 demanding an end to the Russian offensive and immediate withdrawal from Ukraine; notes that Uzbekistan opposed the expulsion of Russia from the UN Human Rights Council on 7 April 2022; recognises Uzbekistan for supporting Ukraine's independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; notes the commitment of the political leadership of Uzbekistan not to allow the circumvention of sanctions imposed on Russia and expresses hope that they will stick to this commitment; takes note that the sanctions imposed on Russia have had an impact on the country’s economy and caused disruptions in Uzbekistan's trade routes to Europe and that in response, Uzbekistan has been working to establish new trade corridors by strengthening its ties with Turkey and Azerbaijan; stresses the importance of Uzbekistan building and strengthening its relationship with the international community, while reducing its over-reliance on Russia and China; welcomes recent initiatives taken by the business community in Uzbekistan with regards to sanctions and calls for enhanced cooperation between the EU and Uzbekistan in this field;
2023/04/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 90 #

2022/2195(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. NAcknowledges that there are serious challenges to regional engagement in the current geopolitical climate, particularly with the global non- recognition of the Taliban government in Afghanistan and the impact of international sanctions on economic plans and connectivity initiatives; notes Uzbekistan’s long-standing and close relations with Afghanistan, which have continued after the takeover by Taliban; commends its efforts to mitigate the severe humanitarian crisis in the country through the provision of humanitarian aid and electricity; invites Uzbekistan to use its contacts with the Taliban to call for respect for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all Afghans, in particular women, girls and minorities, which are essential conditions for greater international engagement with Afghanistan, including through connectivity to support human rights and prevent the effects of regional radicalisation and conflict-induced migration; reiterates its strong condemnation of the Taliban’s decisions to ban women and girls from attending secondary and university education and to prohibit the employment of women with non-governmental organisations;
2023/04/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 95 #

2022/2195(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Commends Uzbekistan for hosting refugees from Afghanistan and for the annual international meetings on Afghanistan since 2019, which have seen participation from a diverse range of states, including the Taliban, and provided a forum for constructive discussions on regional stability; urges the Uzbek government to sign and ratify the 1951 UN Refugee Convention and allow more Afghan refugees to seek refuge or to transit the country;
2023/04/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 101 #

2022/2195(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the agreement of 27 January 2023 between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan on the delimitation of the border between the two countries, which settles the outstanding issues between the two sides and completes a process that lasted three decades; commends Uzbekistan for being able to settle complex issues of water use, delimitation, and border disputes with its neighbours, like Tajikistan; acknowledges Uzbekistan's instrumental role in fostering closer ties with neighbouring countries, including Kazakhstan, through a range of connectivity projects; emphasises the importance of regional stability and urges all parties to engage in constructive dialogue to resolve any potential conflict in a peaceful and diplomatic manner; encourages Uzbekistan, as the leading electricity producer in Central Asia, to prioritize sustainable energy solutions for the region's long-term benefit;
2023/04/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 105 #

2022/2195(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Welcomes the Uzbek government's adoption of the Water Sector Development Strategy 2020-2030 and their efforts to mobilise international support to tackle the consequences of the Aral Sea disaster; welcomes that the EU and other organisations/institutions are involved in the improvement of the environmental, but also of the socio-economic situation in the Aral Sea region; calls on the international community to continue supporting Uzbekistan's efforts to address global water problems and to mitigate the consequences of the Aral Sea tragedy, such as the recently announced Aral Culture Summit project, which will bring together the local and international community and promote sustainable agriculture;
2023/04/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 118 #

2022/2195(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Takes notes of the upcoming constitutional referendum in Uzbekistan, scheduled for 30 April 2023, which aims to bring significant changes to the country's legal framework; is, however, concerned about the motives behind Uzbekistan's proposed constitutional changes, particularly the suspicion that the reform is designed to allow President Mirziyoyev to extend his time in office; urges the government to ensure that any change to term limits is made in a transparent and democratic manner and that it does not undermine the principles of democracy and the rule of law; underlines that the process of Uzbekistan's democratisation should be accelerated with this new constitution, if adopted, given that the country is still far from having a genuinely pluralistic political environment;
2023/04/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 132 #

2022/2195(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the important role that civil society can play in supporting effective and inclusive reforms and good governance; regrets the barriers to NGO registration and the obligations imposed on NGOs receiving foreign funding by the Regulation on Coordination Between Non- Governmental Non-Commercial Organisations and Public Authorities in the Implementation of International Grant Projects approved by Decree No 328 of the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan on 13 June 2022, which shrink the space for civil society activities and impede the exercise of the freedom of association; underlines that the barrier to NGO registration will also affect EU-Uzbekistan business relations since EU and Member States’ due diligence legislation will require NGO monitoring capacity; stresses that the EU funding should be conditional on the improvement of the situation of human rights;
2023/04/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 139 #

2022/2195(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. SExpresses deep concern over Uzbekistan's poor record on democracy, media freedom, human rights, and the rule of law, as reported by international human rights organisations; regrets that opposition parties are practically not allowed to function inside the country and that ethnic and religious minorities are often underrepresented in state structures and discriminated against; calls on the Uzbek government to respect the freedom of association both for NGOs and political parties; regrets that despite some improvements in the fight against corruption, bribery, nepotism and extortion are still widespread throughout the public administration; stresses the need to ensure respect for the rights of journalists, independent bloggers, content producers and human rights defenders and their protection against harassment, pressure and, threats, torture and to investigate any attacks against them; including the promotion of Uzbek language media and enhanced digital training programs against disinformation also based on the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Digital Services Act (DSA); strongly condemns the draft Information Code proposed by Uzbekistan's Information and Mass Communications Agency, which poses a serious threat to freedom of expression and human rights in the country;
2023/04/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 145 #

2022/2195(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the need to ensure respect for the rights of journalists, independent bloggers and human rights defenders and their protection against harassmentviolence, harassment, unfounded detention, pressure and threats and to investigate any attacks against them; underlines that transparency and freedom of media are essential for the consolidation and the safeguarding of democracy;
2023/04/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 157 #

2022/2195(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that despite the adoption of a number of laws, including the Law on Protection of Women from Harassment and Violence of 2019, gender-based violence against women remains widespread; regrets that domestic violence is not defined or specifically criminalised in Uzbekistan’s legislationacknowledges the recent legislative measures in Uzbekistan on providing women and children with greater legal protection against gender-based violence; calls on the authorities to takecontinue taking measures to bring Uzbekistan into line with its obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, as indicated in the concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Uzbekistan by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women; calls on Uzbek authorities to work with civil society organisations and international partners to address these issuescontinue their work with local and international civil society organisations and partners to address these issues; expects the Uzbek authorities to promote gender equality in the education sector, in the workplace and in the whole public administration; calls on the government to decriminalise consensual same-sex sexual conduct and emphasises the need for non-discrimination and protection of the LGBTIQ+ community;
2023/04/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 166 #

2022/2195(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Acknowledges the International Labour Organization's (ILO) reports on the country's progress towards eliminating forced labour, including child labour; urges the government to continue these efforts and ensure fair wages for cotton workers; recognises the adoption of the new Labour Code, which will introduce innovations in labour relations and dispute resolution coming into force on 30 April 2023;
2023/04/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 174 #

2022/2195(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Expects the Uzbek authorities to ensure equal opportunities and access to education for all students in Uzbekistan, regardless of their background or socioeconomic status;
2023/04/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 176 #

2022/2195(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Acknowledges ERASMUS+ and the Youth Action Plan in EU external action and highlights the importance of people-to-people contacts, particularly between young people during their education, and calls on the EU and Uzbekistan for more efforts and support for the expansion of these contacts and exchanges between the EU and Uzbekistan, to the benefit of both sides;
2023/04/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 179 #

2022/2195(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10d. Stresses the need to take legal and practical steps to ensure the protection, the non-discrimination and the effective inclusion of minorities; emphasises that the protection of the LGBTI+ community and the registration of NGOs working on sexual diversity issues is not guaranteed by the current legal framework; underlines the importance of freedom of religion and belief;
2023/04/26
Committee: AFET
Amendment 2 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. having regard to Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which reaffirms the PCD principle,
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 4 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 d (new)
-1d. having regard to the Joint Statement by the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council, Parliament and the Commission on “The New European Consensus on Development ‘Our World, Our Dignity, Our Future’” (2017/C210/01),
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 6 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1 a. having regard to Article 27 §3 b) of the WTO-Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS),
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 7 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1c. having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007,
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 9 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/ 1999 (“European Climate Law”),
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 12 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 e (new)
-1e. having regard to the DEVE report on Policy Coherence for Development (2021/2164(INI)),
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 13 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 f (new)
-1f. having regard to the Commission communication of 22 June 2022 on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115(COM(2022)305),
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 14 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 g (new)
-1g. having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled “A Farm to Fork Strategy - for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system” (COM(2020)381),
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 15 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 h (new)
-1h. having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 entitled “The European Green Deal” (COM(2019)640),
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 16 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 i (new)
-1i. having regard to the UN Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, entitled “Seeds, right to life and farmers’ rights” of 30 December 2021(A/HRC/49/43),
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 17 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 j (new)
-1j. having regard to the UN Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, entitled “Right to food”, of 24 December 2020 (A/HRC/46/33),
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 18 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 k (new)
-1k. having regard to the UN Resolution on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (A/HRC/RES/ 39/12) of 28 September 2018,
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 19 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 m (new)
-1m. having regard to the UN Resolution on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (A/RES/61/295)of 2 October 2007,
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 20 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 l (new)
-1l. having regard to the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, FAO (2009),
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 21 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 n (new)
-1n. having regard to the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity, an international legal instrument for “the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources”,
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 37 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 p (new)
-1p. whereas the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Green Deal address environmental challenges that hit developing countries particularly hard; whereas biodiversity and resilient ecosystems are essential to sustainable development, especially in the context of food and nutrition security; whereas agroecological principles are in line with biodiversity conservation, food autonomy and healthy nutrition;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 38 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 o (new)
-1o. whereas the principle of Policy Coherence for Development (PCD), as enshrined in Article208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) is a commitment to take development cooperation objectives in all EU policies, including agricultural policy and trade, into account, whereas PCD is strongly connected to a “do not harm” approach;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 39 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 q (new)
-1q. whereas biodiversity has been decreasing during the last decades and nutrition is becoming more homogenized around a small number of crops; whereas biodiversity of crops is important as this allows individual farmers to adapt their agricultural planning to climate conditions and make food systems naturally more resilient against climate change, pests and pathogens; whereas at the same time this nature-based approach contributes to enhancing biodiversity;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 40 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 r (new)
-1r. whereas recent crises have shown that global supply chains can be seriously disrupted; whereas developing countries are much more susceptible to food insecurity than EU countries, particularly when depending on food imports;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 41 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 s (new)
-1s. whereas in particular Africa’s food production system is dominated by smallholder farmers and farmer-led production; whereas according to the World Food Programme (WFP), smallholder farmers are the primary food producers in Southern Africa, contributing to up to 90 percent of food production;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 42 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 t (new)
-1t. whereas according to the East African Community (EAC), post-harvest losses in food products are in the range of 30 percent in cereals, 50 percent in roots and tubers and up to70 percent in fruits and vegetables;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 50 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls that malnutrition represents a lifelong burden for individuals and societies as it prevents children from reaching their full potential, thus curtailing human and national economic development;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 54 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In the light of the UN Report A/HRC/49/43, points out that the right to food is inherently tied to farmers’ seed systems and their indivisible right to freely save, use, exchange and sell farm-saved seeds, and calls to the EU to support these farmers’ rights;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 55 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Urges the EU to acknowledge that climate change, biodiversity and food security are interlinked and have to be addressed together; underlines that the paradigm of a green revolution is not helpful, and that sustainable agriculture based on agroecological farming practices as defined in the UN Report A/HRC/46/33 contributes to food security and biodiversity; in this light, reminds the EU of its Regulation 2018/848 on organic production and the ECJ Judgment in Case C-528/16 of 25 July 2018 and calls for applying the same standards in policies concerning developing countries;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 56 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Welcomes that the EU is acting as a global advocate of vulnerable populations and takes the calls from civil society organisations and human rights defenders seriously; underlines that the EU can influence, amongst others, trade agreement negotiations, e. g, farmers' rights to participation in law, policies and practices or land use rights; calls on the EU in this regard to strongly support the prevention of land grabbing, especially when EU action could contribute to aggravating this problem;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 57 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the EU to refrain from urging third countries to become a party of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plans (UPOV Convention); recalls that being party of UPOV is not a WTO requirement, and that WTO allows the adoption of other protective mechanisms; underlines that UPOV contradicts international commitments such as the Convention on Biological Diversity and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) and deprives farmers of their acknowledged rights to save, use and exchange seeds;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 62 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the impact of climate change, the COVID-19 crisis and conflicts on food security in developing countries; draws attention to the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which are exacerbating global food insecurity; emphasises the need for local food production and for strengthening local and regional and most notably intra- African food trade; calls on the EU to supporting local, regional and country initiatives in developing countries, that are striving for food autonomy;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 68 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Recalls that recent reports have found that food systems are contributing to up to one-third of greenhouse gas emissions, up to 80 per cent of biodiversity loss and use up to 70 per cent of freshwater; underlines, however, that sustainable food production systems should be recognised as an essential solution to these existing challenges and that it is possible to feed a growing global population while protecting our planet;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 80 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Is concerned by the fact that one in three people worldwide still do not have access to adequate foodsufficient food and healthy nutrition; deplores the fact that in 2022, according to the World Food Programme, acute food insecurity is affecting a record 349 million people; stresses that it is children and women who are the most vulnerable to food insecurity;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 83 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Emphasises the importance of rural transformation and strengthening local, regional and transparent value chains in order to create sustainable jobs, avoid human rights violations and mitigate climate change; stresses the need to support young people and women, in particular through training, access to credit and access to markets; calls for their involvement in formulating agricultural policies and for support for collective action through small producer organisations;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 85 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 j (new)
3j. Recalls that all food security requires physical, but also in terms of affordability, access to water; recalls that access to high-quality water for ensuring food security starts with the production and ends on the consumers' plate;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 97 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that avoiding food crises requires a systemic transformation in the direction of socially just food systems;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 112 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance of ensuring cPolicy Coherence among all EU policies in order to guarantee the effectiveness of the EU’s commitment to global food securityof Development with view to food security in particular in agricultural policy and trade, in order to guarantee the effectiveness of the EU’s commitment to global food security; reminds that ensuring food security in the EU should in no way harm EU’s commitment to develop agricultural markets and value chains in partner countries as anchored in the European Consensus on Development;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 115 #

2022/2183(INI)

3h. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious proposal for an EU Sustainable Food System Framework law establishing a clear and measurable path towards food system sustainability in the EU; ensuring coherence among all existing and future food-related policies, including the EU’s external and trade policies, according to the PCD principle; shifting consumption towards sustainable and healthy diets, including support for a higher consumption of legumes, vegetable and fruits; promoting favourable food environments with increased affordability and availability of sustainable and healthy food, while ensuring that prices paid for sustainable production and incomes earned by farmers are fair; strengthening the responsibility and engagement of large food businesses in the transition towards sustainability;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 116 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 i (new)
3i. Emphasises the latest United Nations State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report’s findings that agricultural subsidies often target the production of staple foods, dairy and other animal source foods, while fruits and vegetables are relatively less supported; notes that a repurposing of EU farm subsidies to incentivise more the production of foods contributing to healthy sustainable diets would have an impact on the affordability of such diets, hence on food security;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 119 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a new Regulation on the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products, including EU wide targets to reduce by 50% the use and risk of chemical pesticides by 2030 and by 50% the use of the most hazardous pesticides, in line with the EU’s Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies; highlights that this proposal should establish a long-term (post-2030) vision and clear pathways out of chemical pesticide dependency of European agriculture; notes that reducing the EU pesticide dependency is a driver of food security and self- sufficiency;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 120 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. In the light of the Green Deal and Farm to Fork, urges the EU to promoting the global phasing out of highly hazardous pesticides and ensuring that hazardous pesticides banned in the EU are not produced for export, as well as preventing residues of banned pesticides being tolerated in food on the EU market;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 136 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the commitment by the EU and its Member States to allocate EUR 7.7 billion for global food security over the period 2021-2024; stresses, however, that food insecurity is a growing problem that needs more attention as well in terms of development cooperation and Global Gateway initiatives as in terms of humanitarian aid; underlines the need for European aid to reach the most vulnerable populations as quickly as possible and to adapt to the context of multidimensional crises;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 140 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that our current food systems exacerbate socio-economic and gender inequalities that are preventing access to a healthy nutrition;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 146 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that evidence shows that investments in the smallholder sector and regional structures yield the best returns in terms of poverty reduction and growth, consequently highlighting the need to focus the efforts on enhancing incomes of smallholder farmers, and especially women smallholder, and to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable communities;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 147 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on Team Europe to fund programmes that take the needs of farmers’ seed systems or informal seed systems into account and support seed banks or seed libraries that allow collecting, conserving and sharing of native seeds, landraces and farmers’ varieties with farmers and gardeners and furthermore, to fund measures such as training focussing on multi-cropping, integrated land use planning, water conservation and protection of the natural resource base;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 148 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Reminds that harvest loss prevention could significantly contribute to food security; calls on Team Europe to support preventive measures from low cost storage solutions such as hermetic bags and training in post harvest handling to Global Gateway infrastructure programmes, such as market infrastructure, cooling systems and roads, but also online farmers markets, in order to enhance in particular smallholder farmer’s resilience;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 165 #

2022/2183(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls for a focus on efforts in the area of agriculture to safeguard developing countries’ right to food sovereignty and on increasing their food security as a priority, as well as enhancing their capacity to meet the nutritional requirements of their populations;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 166 #

2022/2183(INI)

3b. Stresses the importance of the protection and promotion of the right of local communities to access and control natural resources such as land and water; deplores the fact that land grabbing is rife in many countries; points out that it is a practice that undermines food sovereignty and endangers rural communities; stresses the importance of launching an inclusive process with the aim of guaranteeing the effective participation of civil society organisations and local communities in the development, implementation and monitoring of policies and actions related to land grabbing; calls for the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) to be observed in all projects that promote the protection of land rights, including in trade, and also for measures to ensure that projects do not endanger the land rights of small-scale farmers;
2022/12/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 6 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles as a step forward in tackling the challenges linked to textile and clothes production; welcomes further EU efforts on its commitments towards the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals and stresses that actions following the presentation of the EU Strategy should be fully aligned with the Union’s climate and environmental objectives, in particular that of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and of halting and reversing biodiversity loss; welcomes further EU efforts on its commitments towards the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDG 12, responsible consumption and production, and SDG 8, decent work and economic growth; strongly encourages the international promotion of this approach and strengthening cooperation with partners;
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 11 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Recalls ILO Convention 111 and Article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on the right to non- discrimination;
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 12 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recalls the importance it has for the sector to reach SDG 5 on gender equality, as an estimated 75%1a of the employees in the garment sector are women; recalls that the wages of garment workers are often far below living wages, with unpaid overtime and no fixed contracts, a fact that is complemented by health hazards, gender-based violence, psychological and physical abuse creating precarious working conditions and overall situations of vulnerability; recalls that, everywhere, women are hit particularly hard by poverty, economic crises, conflicts, violence, environmental disasters and climate extremes; denounces the gender-pay gap and the lack of women in senior leadership-roles in the sector worldwide; _________________ 1a SWD (201) 147 Sustainable garment value chains through EU development action
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 13 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1 c. Recalls that global textile production almost doubled between 2000 and 2015 while less than 1% of all textiles worldwide are recycled into new products;
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 14 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1 d. Denounces the vicious circle created by climate change effects which force agricultural workers to abandon their land because it is no longer suitable for farming and to go to the industrial centers having to seek exploitative employment in the garment industry, among others; recalls that those migrant workers are particularly vulnerable to exploitation as they lack social support networks and because there is a general lack of social infrastructure and legal protection; recalls that increasing droughts or floods also threaten cotton farmers worldwide; recalls that cotton is a particularly striking example for that vicious circle, as it harms the soil due to excessive water use while also having damaging effects on farmers and the environment due to the use of pesticides and insecticides;
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 19 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights that the production of textiles and clothing (T&C) often takes place outside the EU and most T&C traded in the EU are imported from third countries which pay the social and environmental price without being paid properly in terms of retail or purchase value; calls on the Commission to ensure a level playing field for products produced within the Union and those exported or imported;
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 26 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Recalls that around 70% of the emissions related to the Union’s textile consumption take place outside of the EU; calls for more robust information and disclosure on impacts on biodiversity;
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 29 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Recalls that as most of the final clothing and household textiles consumed in Europe are imported from third countries, the EU should promote greener and fairer value chains across borders and continents to ensure that textile products consumed in the EU and beyond are manufactured taking into consideration both social and environmental aspects across the globe;
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 30 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3 c. Recalls that, related to structural racism, indigenous craft is often appropriated - often without reward or consent mechanism - and used for clothing for mass-consumption, and traditional crafts and their makers are sacrificed, as local communities are pushed into low-paying garment worker jobs2a; _________________ 2a https://cleanclothes.org/file- repository/an-intersectional-approach- challenging-discrimination-in-the- garment-industry_lbl_dci-wpc-paper- final.pdf
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 32 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that T&C from Europe are often exported to third countries for disposal; stresses that this harmful practice shifts environmental problems arising from the disposal of T&C to third countries; recommends that T&C to boverproduction and overconsumption back to third countries, via the disposal of T&C; recommends that proper circularity is established for the purpose of avoiding this kind of harmful practices; urges the EU and its Member states to fundamentally overhaul the linear nature of the texported for disposal must be prepared for proper recycling; tile industry so as to reduce the consumption of resources like water and also to reduce pollution and waste, use non-hazardous substances, and to create decent jobs in repair, recycling and servicing sectors as well as economic benefits for society as a whole3a; _________________ 3a https://fairtrade-advocacy.org/wp- content/uploads/2020/07/Civil-Society- European-Strategy-for-Sustainable- Textiles.pdf
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 38 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls that a separate collection of textiles will be mandatory in the EU from 1 January 2025; underlines that the revision of the Waste Framework Directive planned for 2024 should consider specific separate targets for textile waste prevention, textile reuse, preparation for reuse and recycling;
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 43 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Recalls that the global textile and clothing industry is currently responsible for 92 million tonnes of waste annually;
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 44 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Recalls that the mass influx of second-hand clothes from the EU into developing countries, especially in Africa, has caused a huge waste problem there, as well as damage to local textile production and job creation;
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 45 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Recalls the risk of forced or child labour in the textile sorting industry;
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 46 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that working conditions in the textile industry, mainly but not only in third countries, are often substandardinacceptably deficient and have a direct negative impact on workers’ living standards due to low wages, poor working conditions and inadequate safety standards and harmful practices such as, among others, using dangerous chemicals which lead to poor health conditions and sometimes incurable deceases; highlights that women are in particular in an even more vulnerable position; is equally concerned about persisting child labourcondemns persisting child labour and forced labour as well as corruption in the industry;
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 54 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Highlights that negative environmental and social impacts in supplier countries cannot be avoided through due diligence legislation alone; calls on the Commission to provide additional support for local actors in partner countries and to take additional legislative measures to address these impacts in countries outside of the EU;
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 57 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Regrets that the strategy foresees no action against the harmful purchasing practices of companies; points out that, according to ILO, the current power imbalance between garment buyers and their suppliers causes overproduction and exploitation of workers in the industry; considers that unfair trading practices, such as last minute changes in design or lead times, unilateral amendments to contracts, insufficient purchasing practices and last-minute cancellation of orders, should be banned for companies active in the EU single market by way of a revision of existing legislation;
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 59 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Underlines that the transition to a more sustainable and circular ecosystem of the textile industry offers the opportunity to improve the working conditions and remuneration of workers; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure the possibility of sectoral training and education in the field of sustainable textiles in order to safeguard current jobs, improve worker satisfaction and in order to ensure the availability of a skilled workforce within and outside the EU;
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 60 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Recalls the risk workers are running when trying to establish workers' unions or going on strike; recalls that, in many countries, workers do not earn a living wage even when working extremely long hours and do not have the right to collective bargaining;
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 69 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recalls the need to improve accountability and transparency of brands in the T&C sector, for the purpose of guaranteeing the right to information for consumers;
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 71 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Reminds the EU and its Member states that the proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive is supposed to introduce a horizontal due diligence obligation for big companies to identify, prevent, mitigate, bring to an end and account for actual and potential adverse impacts on human rights, including labour rights, and the environment in companies’ own operations and across their global value chains;
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 75 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Expresses its regret that the proposal on substantiating environmental claims using the product/organisation environmental footprint methods has been delayed; calls on the Commission to publish the proposal without further delay; recalls that sustainability claims in the EU single market should be clear, relevant and substantiated to enable consumers to make more informed and sustainable purchasing decisions with the aim to avoid so-called green-washing which causes confusion and distrust among consumers and undermines the efforts of businesses that provide genuinely green products and services;
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 76 #

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6 d. Recalls that more than 200 million trees are logged each year for the purpose of processing them to cellulosic fabrics like viscose and rayon, and that up to 30% of the viscose and rayon used in the fashion industry is made from endangered and ancient forests which once were home to native plants and animals4a; recalls, furthermore, that for example in Brazil, land clearing to raise cattle which is then slaughtered for food and fashion purposes is responsible for 80% of the Amazon’s deforestation5a; highlights that the new EU Regulation on deforestation- free products will also include leather; _________________ 4a https://www.sustainably- chic.com/blog/how-the-fashion-industry- contributes-to-deforestation 5a https://www.collectivefashionjustice.org/a rticles/leather-lobbying-and-deforestation
2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 342 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for a stronger strategic partnership between the EU and Japan, including in the Indo- Pacific, in connectivity, trade and investment, and in defending the multilateral rules-based order;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 365 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Is concerned by the alleged war crimes and inhuman treatment perpetrated by the armed forces of Azerbaijan against Armenian prisoners of war and civilians; condemns the occupation of Armenian territory by Azerbaijani armed forces in violation of Armenia's territorial sovereignty; calls therefore upon the Azerbaijani authorities to immediately withdraw from all parts of the territory of Armenia and to release the prisoners of war under their control; reminds that only diplomatic means will bring a just and lasting response to the conflict that will benefit the populations of Armenia and Azerbaijan; reaffirms the continued viability of the OSCE Minsk Group as the framework for the conflict resolution between Armenia and Azerbaijan based on the principles of territorial integrity, self-determination and non-use of force;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 378 #

2022/2048(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Considers that the EU strategy on Central Asia needs a thorough revision to reflect the profound shifts occurred in the region and around it since its adoption in 2019, such as the impact of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on the geopolitical competition and economies of the states of the region, the U.S. withdrawal and return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan, power transitions in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, violent conflict between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, and the rising regional role of China, among others; considers Central Asia to be a region of strategic interest to the EU in terms of security, connectivity, energy diversification, conflict resolution and defence of the multilateral rules- based international order;
2022/10/24
Committee: AFET
Amendment 1 #

2022/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Stresses the role of the European Union as a global player, especially in view of development policy and humanitarian aid, where it is a crucial actor providing stability and collectively the biggest donor in the world; emphasises that this role can only be fulfilled with the appropriate financial means, which must be increased due to the shifted geopolitical realities;
2022/09/08
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 4 #

2022/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework (MFF) lacks a sufficiently endowed Heading 6 and, therefore, the available margins have been limited and shrinking since the first year, including an early depletion of the cushion, even beyond responding to emerging challenges and priorities; highlights that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is having global consequences and is generating unprecedented needs for EU external action, both in neighbouring countries and worldwide, as a result of; stresses that the consequences of the Russian war in Ukraine, among others the food, energy and economic crises, which are undermining progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals worldwide;
2022/09/08
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 13 #

2022/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to adopt, in early 2023, an ambitious MFF revision proposal that substantially increases the resources for Heading 6; urges the Member States to agree to a significant increase in ceilings; highlights that only seven years are left to achieve Agenda 2030 and regrets that according to the SDG Report 20221a, the global average of the SDG index decreased slightly for the second consecutive year; reiterates that the EU should play a crucial role in the implementation of the SDGs as well as in supporting its partner countries in their efforts; _________________ 1a https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2022/Th e-Sustainable-Development-Goals- Report-2022.pdf
2022/09/08
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 20 #

2022/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the global humanitarian funding gap continues to grow; underlines that sustainable investments in disaster risk reduction are urgently needed today in order to prevent shocks and crises in the short, medium and long term; stresses that the humanitarian aid instrument must receive significantly more funding in the revised MFF to match the EU’s ambition to be a leading humanitarian donor in view of the many simulations crises in the world;
2022/09/08
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 25 #

2022/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the need for flexibility mechanisms to have sufficient funding to respond to crises, without hampering efforts to achieve transparency and democratic accountability; is concerned by the uneven mobilisation of the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR); calls for more predictability in meeting internal and external emergency needs by separating the SEAR into a Solidarity Reserve for needs within the EU and an Emergency Aid Reserve for external action, or by ring- fencing the share dedicated for external crises for the entire year;
2022/09/08
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 27 #

2022/2046(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. CUnderlines that inequalities between countries and people are dramatically increasing, making the need to transform economies and infrastructures in a just and sustainable way even more imperative; calls for the MFF revision to provide additional funds to the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) – Global Europe instrument, particularly to reinforce the budget lines most in demand recently and to meet the additional needs caused by the Russian war against Ukraine without diverting money from other geographic regions, where it is urgently needed to achieve the SDGs especially SDG 1 and SDG 10 given their strategic importance for the implementation of the other goals;
2022/09/08
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 31 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) Relations between the European Union and developing countries, most notably in Africa, cover partnerships on green transition. As noted in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, the protection of biodiversity is an indispensable part of the fight against environmental degradation, habitat fragmentation and loss of natural environments and, as consequence, of prevention of environmental hazards, contributing amongst others to health threats, such as zoonoses. The One Health approach, that reinforces the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, includes the nexus between biodiversity and health. While chemical pesticides have detrimental effects on biodiversity, habitats, ecosystems and the food-chain and therefore on public health, including through the spread of infections from animal reservoirs, biological control agents are an effective alternative without destructive effects. It is therefore appropriate to support partner countries in integrated pest management innovations and in the availability, accessibility and affordability of integrated pest management solutions, focusing in particular on smallholder farmers. The Commission and the Member States should support research programmes targeting integrated pest management innovations and provide technical and financial support for the implementation of integrated pest control in developing countries.
2023/04/04
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 46 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The Commission shall support the implementation of integrated pest management in developing countries, through provision of technical and financial assistance and strengthen research in the fields of agroecology, organic farming and integrated pest management, in particular with a view to protecting biodiversity and in line with the One Health approach.
2023/04/04
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 51 #

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter VI a (new)
VI a Trade and cooperation with third countries. Article 1 - Import of agricultural and agri-food products from third countries 1.The import of agricultural and agri- food products from third countries is prohibited if they have been treated or produced with substances that do not meet the approval criteria set out in points 3.6.2 to 3.6.5, 3.7 and 3.8.2 of Annex II of Regulation 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market. 2.The production, storage and export from the European Union of banned active substance and plant protection products not approved by Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing on the market of products phytopharmaceuticals or not complying with the identification and traceability requirements imposed by this same regulation is prohibited. Article 2 - International cooperation on information on the use of plant protection products 1.The Commission shall start a dialogue with third countries to set up partnerships and cooperation mechanisms to strengthen the collection and transparency of data on the use of plant protection products in third countries and to allow the exchange of information between those countries on the one hand, and the Commission and the Member States on the other. 2.These partnerships and cooperation mechanisms may include structured dialogues, support programs and measures, and administrative procedures.They shall aim to promote the reduction in the use of plant protection products in third countries and a transition towards non-chemical alternatives to pesticides and integrated pest management practices. 3.The Commission shall encourage third countries to set up public databases containing precise information on the use of plant protection products. 4. The Commission shall encourage third countries to require producers, suppliers, distributors, importers and exporters to keep registers of the plant protection products they produce, import, export, store or place on the market for at least five years. In addition, third countries shall be encouraged to require professional users of plant protection products, to keep for at least three years a record of each use of such as product, containing the name of the plant protection product, the time and the dose of application, the area and the crop treated. The information contained in these registers shall be available to be communicated on request to the competent authorities of third countries as well as to interested third parties, such as the drinking water industry, retailers or residents.
2023/04/04
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 2 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the multiplication of crises such as the global consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine call for the forging of stronger alliances and more effective partnerships which deliver tangible results in order to better address emerging needs and global challenges by supporting early warning systems for a swift range of information and early actions in live-saving assistance;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 2 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the multiplication of crises such as the global consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine call for the forging of stronger alliances and more effective partnerships which deliver tangible results in order to better address emerging needs and global challenges by supporting early warning systems for a swift range of information and early actions in live-saving assistance;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 6 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the long-standing partnership between the EU and the ACP countries is of great importance given the number of countries it unites and the greater role it could play in the multilateral system, which is currently under strain; whereas this partnership agreement brings together more than half of the UN member states;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 6 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the long-standing partnership between the EU and the ACP countries is of great importance given the number of countries it unites and the greater role it could play in the multilateral system, which is currently under strain; whereas this partnership agreement brings together more than half of the UN member states;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 7 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the EU and ACP countries must pursue a strengthened partnership between equals in order to generate mutually beneficial outcomes on common and intersecting interests and in a spirit of shared responsibility, solidarity, reciprocity, mutual respect and accountability;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 7 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the EU and ACP countries must pursue a strengthened partnership between equals in order to generate mutually beneficial outcomes on common and intersecting interests and in a spirit of shared responsibility, solidarity, reciprocity, mutual respect and accountability;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 8 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the EU and ACP countries must pursue a strengthened partnership in order to generate mutually beneficial outcomes on common and intersecting interests and in a spirit of shared responsibility, co-creation, solidarity, reciprocity, mutual respect and accountability;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 8 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the EU and ACP countries must pursue a strengthened partnership in order to generate mutually beneficial outcomes on common and intersecting interests and in a spirit of shared responsibility, co-creation, solidarity, reciprocity, mutual respect and accountability;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 19 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates the importance of the parliamentary dimension and the political dialogue as an integral part of the partnership;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 19 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates the importance of the parliamentary dimension and the political dialogue as an integral part of the partnership;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 34 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Insists on the need to give greater prominence to the human and social development aspects of the agreement and the need to improve resources for humanitarian aid and to guarantee effective channels of access to its implementation;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 34 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Insists on the need to give greater prominence to the human and social development aspects of the agreement and the need to improve resources for humanitarian aid and to guarantee effective channels of access to its implementation;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 96 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Stresses the importance of the parliamentary dimension in this agreement, as representatives of the civil society of four continents and aggregators of the diversity in a parliamentary assembly;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 96 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Stresses the importance of the parliamentary dimension in this agreement, as representatives of the civil society of four continents and aggregators of the diversity in a parliamentary assembly;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 98 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the commitment to promote a multi-stakeholder approach, enabling the active engagement of a wide variety of actors, including parliaments, local authorities, civil society, especially women and young people, and the private sector; calls for this commitment to be rapidly translated into practice, which will necessitate the creation of an open and transparent mechanism for structured consultation in order to ensure the effective participation of stakeholders;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 98 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Welcomes the commitment to promote a multi-stakeholder approach, enabling the active engagement of a wide variety of actors, including parliaments, local authorities, civil society, especially women and young people, and the private sector; calls for this commitment to be rapidly translated into practice, which will necessitate the creation of an open and transparent mechanism for structured consultation in order to ensure the effective participation of stakeholders;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 102 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes the provisions on global alliances and international cooperation included in the new agreement, with commitments to the rules-based international order and to promoting international dialogue and seeking multilateral solutions to drive global action forward, promoting peace and development;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 102 #

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
31. Welcomes the provisions on global alliances and international cooperation included in the new agreement, with commitments to the rules-based international order and to promoting international dialogue and seeking multilateral solutions to drive global action forward, promoting peace and development;
2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 12 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recalls that the EU-African trade relations and initiatives, like the one on cocoa, must rely on transparent and reliable monitoring and accountability, and on civil society participation securing a bottom-up approach;
2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 15 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EU to actively support the new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA),which presents a major opportunity for African countries to boost inclusive growth, enable sustainable development, reduce poverty and improve living standards; notes that the AfCFTA paves the way for a fundamental transformation of the continent’s development prospects; emphasises that the AfCFTA should make for integration that benefits all African populations, including the most marginalised; recalls that there are developmental differences between African countries which must be taken into account in order not to increase inequalities; takes the view that EU support to the AfCFTA should focus on the development of regulatory frameworks to prevent a ‘race to the bottom’ of social and environmental norms;
2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 24 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines that EU-Africa trade and economic cooperation should give priority to regional integration on the African continent; calls for the Union to step up its support for African integration strategies and ensure that there is consistency between the continental, regional and national levels at which it is implemented;
2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 52 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Considers that the EU-African partnership should especially support female and youth entrepreneurship in rural and urban areas, and that to do so it is essential to support equal access to economic and productive resources such as financial services and land rights; calls for the development of exchanges between African and European female entrepreneurs by means of platforms that enable networking, experience-sharing and the production of common projects;
2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 57 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Recalls that the position of women can be strengthened with strong provisions in trade agreements on gender and trade; calls in this regard on the Commission to assist the African Union with the implementation of its Strategy for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment and to implement measures that contribute to the achievement of gender equality in its trade agreements with African countries;
2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 59 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Calls on the EU and its member states to make a commitment to support African countries to implement ambitious and just climate action; calls on the EU that financing under the new NDICI instrument must champion a human rights-based approach that makes local communities and indigenous peoples central to climate, environmental and development efforts, starting with civil society and community consultation;
2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 61 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Recalls that Africa is home to exceptional biodiversity; expresses its deep concern about over exploitation of natural resources and the impact of reduced biodiversity on resilience levels; is particularly concerned by the fact that the pace of deforestation is increasing in Africa; points out that the destruction of the African rainforests leads to an irreversible loss of biodiversity and of carbon sinks, as well as of the homes and ways of life of indigenous communities living in the forests; recalls that forests contribute significantly to reaching climate targets, protecting biodiversity and preventing desertification and extremes oil erosion;
2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 64 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4 e. Calls for the link between public health and biodiversity in line with the ‘one health’ approach to be taken into account; welcomes the announcement of the NaturAfrica initiative, which aims to protect wildlife and ecosystems, and the review of the action plan against wildlife trafficking; stresses that the NaturAfrica initiative should be developed in consultation with all stakeholders, paying particular attention to the rights of local communities, indigenous peoples, and women; underlines that it should support African governments and local populations in tackling major drivers of biodiversity loss and environmental degradation in a holistic and systematic way, including by offering support for well managed protected area networks; urges the EU and Africa to recognise and protect indigenous people’s rights to customary ownership and control of their lands and natural resources as set out in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People and International Labour Organization Convention 169, and to comply with the principle of free, prior and informed consent;
2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 67 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4 f. Points out the central importance of the agricultural and food sectors in the economy and in providing decent and sustainable job opportunities in rural areas; underlines that this, in most cases, concerns smallholdings and family farms; notes the importance of promoting and enhancing measures and tools to support increasing product quality, diversification of products, sustainable modernisation of agricultural practices, safe working conditions and measures to strengthen the resilience of farmers; considers that the development of a sustainable agricultural sector and of rural areas should be at the centre of EU-Africa relations;
2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 69 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4 g. Welcomes the fact that the new EU-Africa partnership advocates for the development of environmentally friendly agricultural practices; recalls the fact that agroecology’s capacity to reconcile the economic, environmental and social dimensions of sustainability has been recognised in landmark reports from the IPCC and IPBES, as well as the World Bank and FAO-led global agricultural assessment (IAASTD); stresses the importance of promoting agroecology, agroforestry, local production and sustainable food systems which focus on the development of short supply chains in both national policies and international fora, in order to ensure food and nutritional security for all as well as increasing the sustainable productivity of the agricultural sector and its resilience to climate change;
2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 71 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 h (new)
4 h. Underlines that the use of pesticides in intensive agriculture in Africa can impact the health of workers who have very little access to training on plant protection and healthcare, in addition to causing environmental damage; calls for education and training in sustainable plant protection approaches and alternatives to pesticides and for the minimisation of exposure to hazardous substances; denounces the double standards applied by the EU regarding pesticides by allowing the export of hazardous substances that are banned in the EU to African countries and other third countries; asks, therefore, for the modification of the current EU rules in order to eliminate this legal incoherence, in line with the Rotterdam Convention of 1998 and the Green Deal;
2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 80 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 l (new)
4 l. Stresses that COVID-19 and the ensuing economic crisis and closure of borders, locust infestations and desertification have deteriorated the already difficult food security situation in Africa and shone a spotlight on the vulnerabilities of the global food system; stresses the potential of local and regional markets to address current food system failures;
2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 81 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 m (new)
4 m. Calls for the EU-Africa partnership to focus its efforts in the area of agriculture on safeguarding African countries’ right to food sovereignty and on increasing their food security as a priority, as well as enhancing their capacity to meet the nutritional requirements of their populations;
2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 82 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 n (new)
4 n. Emphasises the essential role of rural African women in agricultural and rural economies across the African continent, in particular with regard to food security; recalls that almost half of agricultural work in Africa is done by women, while women farmers are mostly small or subsistence farmers who do not have the necessary access to information, credit, land, resources or technology; encourages the advancement of inheritance rights for women and girls and calls on the EU to support partner countries, particularly regarding their recognition of women’s full entitlement to land rights;
2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 83 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 o (new)
4 o. Emphasises the importance of supporting small farms and pastoralism and other traditional/local food systems in order to strengthen their resilience and boost their contribution to food security, sustainable resource management and biodiversity conservation;
2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 84 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 p (new)
4 p. Calls for a stronger reliance on the contributions of African traditional knowledge in the just transition, especially regarding agricultural practices, fisheries and forest protection, thereby empowering the African people and local communities;
2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 85 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 q (new)
4 q. Stresses the importance of including, in the EU-Africa partnership, the protection and promotion of the right of local communities to access and control natural resources such as land and water; deplores the fact that land grabbing is rife in Africa; points out that it is a brutal practice that undermines food sovereignty and endangers rural African communities; stresses the importance of launching an inclusive process with the aim of guaranteeing the effective participation of civil society organisations and local communities in the development, implementation and monitoring of policies and actions related to land grabbing; calls for the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure (VGGT) to be observed in all projects that promote the protection of land rights, including in trade, and also for measures to ensure that projects do not endanger the land rights of small-scale farmers;
2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 86 #

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 r (new)
4 r. Notes that, for example, grazing rights and community pastures are traditional land use rights based on common law and not on securitised property rights; emphasises, however, the fundamental importance of protecting these common rights for rural populations;
2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 1 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
— having regard to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992,
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 6 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the 2018 external evaluation revealed serious shortcomings in the implementation of PCD; including a limited role of EU Delegations, whereas a recent study commissioned by Parliament found that major problems persist;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 27 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas accountability is an G., visibility and transparency are important aspects of development cooperation and must be applied to PCD; whereas a specific ‘EU report on PCD’ produced by the Commission every two years has been discontinued since 2019 in favour of an EU report on the implementation of the SDGs produced every four years; whereas Commission’s reporting is mostly of a general descriptive character and of little help for assessing the effectiveness of PCD; whereas this underlines the need for clear PCD targets and indicators and transparent monitoring;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 36 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Affirms that policy coherence for development is a substantive requirement that negative impacts of EU policies on poor and vulnerable people in developing countries be avoided, "Do no harm", and that possibilities to achieve synergies be sought and exploited, in line with the "Leave no one behind" and "Address the needs of those furthest behind first" principles of the UN's Agenda 2030;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 40 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Reiterates that all EU institutions and Member States must comply with their PCD obligations under the treaties in all legislative and policy initiatives likely to have an impact on developing countries; calls for a step change in efforts tothe actual implementation of PCD to ensure that impacts on developing countries are properly identified and analysed, that negative impacts are avoided or minimised, and that full use is made of possible synergies with the pursuit of development objectives;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 45 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a communication that clarifies the definition and role of PCD in the context of the SDGs and is accompanied by an action plan on PCD with a clear methodology and concrete quantitative and qualitative indicators to measure the implementation of PCD by the EU and Member States and ensure accountability by including this in a new framework for transparent monitoring and coordination of development policies across the EU; calls for this communication to be published before the end of the current Commission’s mandate;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 50 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates its call for a high-level EU strategy for the implementation of the UN’s 2030 Agenda and the SDGs; considers that PCD, which represents a unique EU contribution to the broader objective of PCSD, must be a central pillar of this strategy and should be adequately included already in the EU’s 2023 voluntary national review of its implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 53 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines that PCD needs to remain a key part of the EU’s foreign policy and calls for it to be given more visibility and for the EU to play a leading role in promoting PCD globally, including at the OECD Development Assistance Committee and at the UN, as well as through significant international agreements, in particular the post- Cotonou agreement, but not limited to it;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 72 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 1
- ensure that the necessary awareness, competence and resources for the effective implementation of PCD are present in all its DGs and the Secretariat- General; the Secretariat-General should play a special high-level political arbitration role between DGs particularly concerning the impact of non-external action measures on developing countries;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 73 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 1 a (new)
- clarify the overall responsibility for the application of the PCD principle within its services by attributing this responsibility to its General Secretariat and instruct it to closely cooperate with the Directorate-General for International Partnerships in the carrying out of this task,
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 74 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 2
- systematically screen all planned Commission policy and legislative initiatives for possible impacts on developing countries at an early stage and in a transparent manner; instruct every Directorate-General in charge of the preparation of a specific policy initiative to consistently pay due attention to possible PCD aspects, at the "inception impact assessment" stage and onwards; undertake detailed ex ante impact assessments, which should include the results of consultations with stakeholders, including partner countries, civil society organisations and the private sector, as well as input from EU delegations in developing countries;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 76 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 2
- systematically screen all planned Commission policy and legislative initiatives for possible impacts on developing countries at an early stage and in a transparent manner; undertake detailed ex ante impact assessments, which should include the results of consultations with stakeholders, including partner countries, civil society organisations, supporting groups of local and regional inhabitants to make their interests heard, and the private sector, as well as input from EU delegations in developing countries;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 78 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 2 a (new)
- ensure that at least one member of the Regulatory Scrutiny Board has adequate experience and qualifications for analysing whether PCD aspects have been properly dealt with in initiatives under review, using in particular tool 35 in the Better Regulation Toolbox;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 80 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 3
- make widespread use of systematic and transparent monitoring and ex post - evaluations to identify the impact of EU policies on developing countries and improve the quality of future impact assessments;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 82 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 4
- resume the publication of a specific annual report on the EU’s performance in all its development policy commitments andAccountability Report on the EU's and its Member States performance in relation to the EU's commitments and its Member States' collective commitments affecting development policy objectives, ensureing that it adequately covers the implementation of PCD and anythe challenges met in that context;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 83 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 4
- resume the publication of a specific annual report on the EU’s performance in all its development policy commitments and ensure that it adequately covers the implementation of PCD and any challenges met, increasing transparency and accountability towards the citizens and the European Parliament;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 86 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – indent 4 a (new)
- define, on the basis of studies that are to be carried out, potential responsibilities, including deriving from international agreements and in this light, respect the polluter pays principle, including for restoration and compensation;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 88 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the critical role of the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) in ensuring the implementation of PCD in the Commission; and: - calls on DG INTPA to actively and meaningfully engage with other DGs as early as possible through all available mechanisms to ensure that PCD is implemented in all relevant Commission initiatives; - welcomes DG INTPA’s complementary studies on the impact of key legislative initiatives on developing countries, but notes that these impacts should instead be fully analysed in the relevant impact assessment; - calls for the re- establishment of a dedicated PCD team within DG INTPA to coordinate and reinforce the PCD work of thematic units; - proposes that a future edition of the European Development Days is dedicated to PCD, bringing together all relevant stakeholders in a visible manner;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 91 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the critical role of the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) in ensuring the implementation of PCD in the Commission; calls on DG INTPA to actively and meaningfully engage with other DGs as early as possible through all available mechanisms to ensure that PCD is implemented in all relevant Commission initiatives and to involve DG INTPA in the process, also when it comes to impact assessments, as soon as an inter-service group (ISG) is created; welcomes DG INTPA’s complementary studies on the impact of key legislative initiatives on developing countries, but notes that these should instead be fully analysed in the relevant impact assessment; calls for the re- establishment of a dedicated PCD team within DG INTPA to coordinate and reinforce the PCD work of thematic units;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 92 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the Neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument – Global Europe has limited resources and could only be used as very last resort to prevent and minimise thabsolutely unavoidable negative impacts of new EU legislation or policy initiatives, when these cannot be avoided,; stresses that relying on development anid to build positive synergies in developing countriesshould never be seen as valid alternative to avoiding negative impacts in the first place; calls also for the EU Development Education and Awareness Raising Programme to include activities focused on PCD; calls for the strengthening of research and knowledge generation by local institutes in developing countries to deal with the complexity of PCD issues in order to contribute to EU consultations;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 101 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 1
- analyse the possible local impact of new EU policies and initiatives, by identifying affected people and interests, organising multi-stakeholder consultations, including with civil society organisations, local and regional inhabitant groups and the private sector, and take into the account information and views put forward by them;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 104 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 2
- systematically include PCD among the topics to be discussed in policy dialogues with developing countries; encourage their governments to strive for coherence of their own policies and actions, so as to maximise the development effectiveness of EU support as well as other activities;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 106 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 2
- systematically include PCD among the topics to be discussed in policy dialogues with developing countries’ state and non-state actors;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 107 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – indent 3
- regularly monitor the impact of EU policies on developing countries and contribute to detailed reporting on PCD, including through a chapter dedicated to PCD, analysing the EEAS’s role and accountability, in the “EEAS Annual Activity Report”;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 116 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 3
- devote appropriate expertise and resources, and establish coordination mechanisms, in their national administrations to effectively implement PCD and report on its implementation; underlines the potential of national parliaments to play important roles in promoting PCD;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 119 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 5
- adopt annual Council conclusions on the requested Commission report on the EU’s development poeach of Commission's annual Accountabilicty commitments and the implementation of PCDReports called for;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 120 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 5 a (new)
- Ensure, at the beginning of each Council presidency, that awareness on significant PCD issues in current and planned policies is raised, that problems and potential problems are identified and that solutions are sought, using existing formats for meetings between Council presidencies and Parliament when sufficient and adding specific meetings, with Commission participation;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 124 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 2
- calls for a ‘PCD mainstreaming network’ involving Members of all committees acting as focal points, in particular those involved in EU legislation, as well as parliamentary delegations for relations with developing countries; include PCD in the agenda of all outgoing parliamentary missions and ad hoc delegations to developing countries;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 125 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 3
- instructs Parliament’s Research Service (EPRS) to regularly screen the Commission’s Work Programme for PCD issues, systematically analyse how PCD is dealt with in Commission impact assessments and relevant proposals, and to reportwithout delay alert the Development and other relevant Committees when important weaknesses or omissions are found;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 129 #

2021/2164(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Calls for more attention to PCD in strategic and budgetary decision making processes; suggests to involve sectoral Commissioners in the annual structured dialogue and in the geopolitical dialogue on the NDICI implementation in order to improve the exchange and to put more emphasis on PCD;
2022/11/14
Committee: DEVE